PERGAMUM 1960

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Location

City

Bergama

County

Izmir

Region

Aegean

Country

Turkey

Ancient place

Pergamum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon

Lat/Long/Alt

39.131321054552 / 27.185093644778 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

3383

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3383

Hoard name

PERGAMUM 1960

Alternative names

Pergamon; Bergama

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1960

Total number of coins

460

Summary

Hoard of 460 coins: 446 antoniniani (radiates) from Elagabalus to Gallienus, 11 denarii from Caracalla to Gordian III and 3 Provincial bronzes (Septimius Severus of Hadrianoi and Gordian III of Metropolis).

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

National Museum, Athens, Greece (124 coins and the list of the entire hoard)
Comment

The hoard is said to have been found near Pergamum with no other details concerning the circumstances of the find.
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

258
Closing reign (latest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (latest)

260
Opening year (earliest)

202
Opening year (latest)

205
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Rating comment

The 124 coins acquired by the National Numismatic Museum, Athens are published in full, but the reminder of the hoard is published only in summary, however the Museum is supposed to have a full record.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou, I. - 1960 - Acquisitions du Musée numismatiques d'Athènes

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496-497

Reference

Bland, R. and Aydemir, P. - 1991 - The Haydere hoard and other hoards of the mid-third century from Turkey

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Reference

Bland, R. - 2023 - The Coinage of Gordian III from the Mints of Antioch and Caesarea

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p. 471, Hoard I

Entered by P. Walton and R. Bennet (Nov. 2016). Updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2022). Bibliography updated, M. Spoerri (June 2024).

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