LEVKA 1941

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Location

City

Levka [Левка]

County

Haskovo [Хасково]

Region

Country

Bulgaria

Lat/Long/Alt

41.871 / 26.266 / 203 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

3315

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3315

Hoard name

LEVKA 1941

Alternative names

Левка I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1941

Total number of coins

Summary

67 silver coins: 21 antoniniani (radiates), 46 denarii: Vespasian - Philip I (AD 247-249).

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Open fresh water
Disposition

National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
Finder(s)

Children
Comment

Found in the mud on the river's bank.
Closing reign (earliest)

Philip I
Terminal year (earliest)

247
Closing reign (latest)

Philip I
Terminal year (latest)

249
Opening year (earliest)

74
Opening year (latest)

74
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

References

Reference

Gerasimov, T. - 1946 - Monetnite sakrovišta, namereni v Balgarija

Ref

236

Reference

Gerov, B. - 1977 - Die Einfälle der Nordvölker in den Ostbalkanraum im Lichte der Münzschatzfunde. I. Das 2. und 3. Jahrhundert (101-284)

Ref

163; no. 201

Reference

Guest, P. - 1994 - A Comparative Study of Coin Hoards from the Western Roman Empire

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

no. 404

Reference

Dotkova, M. - 2021 - Roman coin hoard from Levka village, southeastern Bulgaria

Ref

239-250

V. Varbanov dataset (2017); updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2017; Mar. 2018; Oct. 2021).

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