SULUC

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Location

City

Măcin

County

Tulcea

Region

Dobrogea

Country

Romania

Ancient place

Arubium

Lat/Long/Alt

45.2432 / 28.2039 / 37.76 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The hill called Suluc

Information

3918

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3918

Hoard name

SULUC

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Jun 1911

Total number of coins

Summary

Four aurei and jewelrey: Trajan Decius - Gallienus (sole) found with a copper vessel. Some of the objects were taken by the finder. According to the finder, Near the vessel was a stone in a vertical position.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Institut d'Archéologie de Bucarest; Musée National d'Histoire de Bucarest; dispersed
Finder(s)

Turkish worker
Comment

While working on a tobacco plantation.
Closing reign (earliest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

251
Opening year (latest)

251
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Copper vessel

Three legs. Served as a funerary urn.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Untitled
A large number of gold and silver objects were fnd. with the coins, but details of these are not given. The only piece described is an AV amulet in the form of a palm of a right hand set with a garnet. Wt.: 1.97g.

Golden head and hand from a statuette
Male bearded head.

Golden chain
Broken in two. It consists of clobes interconnected by links. One end is a hook, the other one an elongated link.

Golden brooch with onion headsț shape
The curved part is decorated with black enameled incisions.

Golden lamella
broken. Decorated with geometric figures, three dots within semicircles.

References

Reference

Moisil, C. - 1911 - Două morminte antice

Ref

125-127

Reference

Iliescu, O. - 1987 - Despre monedele din tezaurul de la Suluc și alte contribuții privind aceeași descoperire

Ref

181-205

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

1005

Updated by C. Gazdac (Jul. 2017).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SULUC

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Copper vessel

Three legs. Served as a funerary urn.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Untitled
A large number of gold and silver objects were fnd. with the coins, but details of these are not given. The only piece described is an AV amulet in the form of a palm of a right hand set with a garnet. Wt.: 1.97g.

Golden head and hand from a statuette
Male bearded head.

Golden chain
Broken in two. It consists of clobes interconnected by links. One end is a hook, the other one an elongated link.

Golden brooch with onion headsț shape
The curved part is decorated with black enameled incisions.

Golden lamella
broken. Decorated with geometric figures, three dots within semicircles.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SULUC

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Copper vessel

Three legs. Served as a funerary urn.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Untitled A large number of gold and silver objects were fnd. with the coins, but details of these are not given. The only piece described is an AV amulet in the form of a palm of a right hand set with a garnet. Wt.: 1.97g.

Golden head and hand from a statuette Male bearded head.

Golden chain Broken in two. It consists of clobes interconnected by links. One end is a hook, the other one an elongated link.

Golden brooch with onion headsț shape The curved part is decorated with black enameled incisions.

Golden lamella broken. Decorated with geometric figures, three dots within semicircles.

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Untitled
A large number of gold and silver objects were fnd. with the coins, but details of these are not given. The only piece described is an AV amulet in the form of a palm of a right hand set with a garnet. Wt.: 1.97g.

Golden head and hand from a statuette
Male bearded head.

Golden chain
Broken in two. It consists of clobes interconnected by links. One end is a hook, the other one an elongated link.

Golden brooch with onion headsț shape
The curved part is decorated with black enameled incisions.

Golden lamella
broken. Decorated with geometric figures, three dots within semicircles.