ALBA IULIA 1963

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Location

City

Alba Iulia

Address

Încoronării Ave. (ex 6 Martie)

County

Alba

Region

Transylvania

Country

Romania

Ancient place

Apulum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apulum_%28castra%29

Lat/Long/Alt

46.063 / 23.57 / 234.91 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Near the fort of the 13th Gemina legion.

Information

3531

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3531

Hoard name

ALBA IULIA 1963

Alternative names

APVLVM IV; APULUM IV

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Mar 1963

Total number of coins

1213

Summary

(1213) 1209 silver coins: 10 denarii, 1199 antoniniani: Caracalla - Gallienus (AD 259-268); silver weight: 1752.4-2218.6 g. The hoard was found within the ruins of a Roman building placed in a bronze vessel

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Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

1
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Muzeul National al Unirii Alba Iulia, Romania
Finder(s)

Sofronie, Constantin
Comment

Valerian and Gallienus reigns to be entered at the coin data level. Four coins were destroyed during restoration process
Closing reign (earliest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

216
Opening year (latest)

216
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Rating comment

1,209 coins entered at the coin data level
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Near the fort of the 13th Gemina legion within the ruins of a Roman building
Site class

Military

Context

Domestic building

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze vessel

Destroyed at the time of discovery

References

Reference

Pavel, V. - 1976 - Tezaurul de monede romane imperiale descoperit la Alba Iulia în anul 1963

Ref

73-97

Reference

Cunetio

Ref

195

Reference

Cunetio

Ref

195

Reference

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

Reference

Depeyrot, G. and Moisil, D. - 2008 - Les trésors de deniers et d'antoniniens de Gordien III à Aurélien en Roumanie

Ref

199-211; no. 94

W. E. Metcalf dataset (2014). Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016). Coin data level by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2024).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ALBA IULIA 1963

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze vessel

Destroyed at the time of discovery

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ALBA IULIA 1963

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze vessel

Destroyed at the time of discovery

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