CHUKHUR GABALA

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Location

City

Chukhur Gabala [Çuxur Qəbələ]

County

Qabala

Region

Country

Azerbaijan

Lat/Long/Alt

40.892222 / 47.692222 / 404.81 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

20 km de Kutkashen

Information

4008

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4008

Hoard name

CHUKHUR GABALA

Alternative names

Chukhur-Kabala; Çuxur Qəbələ; Чухур-Габала

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1963

Total number of coins

200

Summary

A hoard of around 200 silver coins comprising Parthian drachms of Gotarzes II, Vologases III; Roman denarii of Otho, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Sassanid drachms of Varakhran II (AD 274-291).

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Azerbaidzhan State Museum, Baku
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain (non Roman)
Terminal year (earliest)

275
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain (non Roman)
Terminal year (latest)

291
Opening year (earliest)

40
Opening year (latest)

51
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Found at the Kabala fortress.
Site class

Military

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Kropotkin, V.V. - 1966 - Novye nachodki rimskich monet v SSSR / New finds of Roman coins in the USSR

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61; no. 193

Reference

Kropotkin, V. V. and Depeyrot, G. - 2005 - Les trouvailles de monnaies romaines en U.R.S.S.

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251; no. 1906

Reference

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

Ref

no. 1098

Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2021). Updated by A. Kéfélian (August 2022). Updated by C. gazdac (Aug. 2025).

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