QAW EL-KEBIR 1926

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Location

City

Qau

County

Region

Asyut [ أسيوط ]

Country

Egypt

Ancient place

Antaiopolis/Tkoou

Lat/Long/Alt

26.8992835 / 31.517443 / 60 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

4276

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4276

Hoard name

QAW EL-KEBIR 1926

Alternative names

Qau el-Kebir; Qau

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1926

Total number of coins

Summary

A hoard of 50 solidi, found in the excavations at Qau, in the area of 'Cemetery 400', in a little flask, placed in a Roman pot.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Other
Disposition

British Museum; Hull, Ashmolean; Bristol; Brussels
Finder(s)

British school of Archaeology
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (earliest)

360
Closing reign (latest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (latest)

361
Opening year (latest)

343
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Excellent

Site class

Urban

Context

Cemetery

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

ribbed ware

Flask

a little buff-coloured flask, its mouth plugged with a stopper of clay

References

Reference

Brunton, G. - 1930 - Qau and Badari III

Ref

29-30

Reference

Callu, J.P. - 1983 - Structure des dépôts d'or au 4e siècle, 312 - 392

Ref

no. 14

Reference

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

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table 4, no. 194

Reference

Ford, M. - 2000 - The coin hoards of late Roman/early Byzantine Egypt from the reform of Diocletianus to the reform of Anastasius, AD 294-491

Ref

AU 7, pp. 346-347

Existing dataset updated by M. Spoerri (Nov. 2021).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

QAW EL-KEBIR 1926

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

ribbed ware

Flask

a little buff-coloured flask, its mouth plugged with a stopper of clay

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

QAW EL-KEBIR 1926

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

ribbed ware

Flask

a little buff-coloured flask, its mouth plugged with a stopper of clay

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire