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JIMENA DE LA FRONTERA 1

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Location

City

Jimena de la Frontera

County

Cádiz

Region

Andalucia

Country

Spain

Ancient place

O(no)ba

Lat/Long/Alt

36.433 / -5.45 / 73.64 view

Find spot comment

The findspot is only approximate. The hoard was found 8km from Jimena de la Frontera at a place called Las Mesas, in the foundations of a country house.

Information

ID

3734

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3734

Hoard name

JIMENA DE LA FRONTERA 1

Alternative names

JIMENA DE LA FRONTERA I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1935

(to)

1936

Total number of coins

29886

Summary

Gallwey described 29,886 coins which he considered to represent 2/3rds or 3/4s of the total found. Originally, the latest coin in the hoard was stated to be an issue of Gallienus' Zoo dating to the period AD 267 to 268. However, a revision states that it is actually an issue of Gallienus from the mint of Siscia dating to AD 268 Silver: c.40,000 (29,858) coins.

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

0.50
Land Use

Built over
Finder(s)

Farmer family
Comment

While building a new structure at the farm.
Closing reign (earliest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

235
Opening year (latest)

236
Coin-level data

Available to enter

Fetching coin data

Fetching coin data

Site comment

Found in a large ceramic jar one foot below the surface by farmers working in the foothills of the Serrania

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Described as a 'orzo o tinaja': 'an earthenware pot or pitcher'

References

Reference

Gallwey, H.D. - 1962 - A hoard of third-century antoniniani from southern Spain

Ref

335-406

Reference

Christol , M. and Nony, D. - 1970 - Le trésor de Jimena de la Frontera (Cadiz): antoniniani du III siècle

Ref

526-528

Reference

Ref

196

Reference

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

Reference

Martínez Mira, I. - 1995 - Tesorillos del s. III d.C. en la Península Ibérica (I)

Ref

136; no. 48

Reference

Martínez Chico, D. - 2020 - Los tesoros imperiales de Hispania

Ref

245-248; no. 173

David Martínez Chico (27/07/2018). Updated by C. Gazdac (Dec. 2020).