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ORHEI

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Location

City

Orhei

County

Orhei

Region

Country

Moldova

Lat/Long/Alt

47.413 / 28.812 / 76.7 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

3 km from the city of Orhei on the road to Budăi.

Information

ID

4272

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4272

Hoard name

ORHEI

Alternative names

ОРГЕ́ЕВ; Orgeyev

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Dec 1951

Total number of coins

126

Summary

Hoard of 126 siliquae Constantius II (AD 337-361); silver weight: 397.74g.

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Credit

Discovery method

Unknown
Discovery depth (m)

0.40
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

National History Museum of Modolva, Chișinău (125 coins) - 1951; one returned to the finder; inv.nos. 2545; 950-1076
Finder(s)

Kolomaev, M.V.
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (earliest)

337
Closing reign (latest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (latest)

361
Opening year (earliest)

337
Opening year (latest)

361
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

A red clay jug

References

Reference

Kropotkin, V.V. - 1961 - Клады римских монет на территории СССР [Hoards of Roman coins on the territory of the USSR]

Ref

95, no. 1355

Reference

Nudel'man, A.A. - 1976 - Topografija kladov i nachodok edinicnych monet [Topography of hoards and single coin finds]

Ref

52-53

Reference

Bland, R. - 1997 - Changing patterns of hoards of precious metal coins in the late Empire

Reference

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

Ref

230; no. 1355

Reference

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

Ref

no. 1362

Updated by C. Gazdac (Nov. 2016; July 2021).