CHIRILENI

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Location

City

Chirileni

County

Ungheni

Region

Ungheni

Country

Moldova

Lat/Long/Alt

47.38 / 27.771 / 84.56 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

On the land belonging to the Kiroz kolkhoz.

Information

4333

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4333

Hoard name

CHIRILENI

Alternative names

Кирилены; KIRILENY

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

May 1952

Total number of coins

200

Summary

Over 200 solidi found with a small red ceramic vessel. Only 13 coins were recovered: Gratian - Honorius (AD 393-395)

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

0.45-0.50
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

The National History Museum of Moldova, Kishinev (13 coins) - 1952
Comment

Found on the area of the farming collective unit Kirilov
Closing reign (earliest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (earliest)

393
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

395
Opening year (earliest)

367
Opening year (latest)

375
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Red vessel

Thin rough walls

References

Reference

Kent, J. - 1994 - The Roman Imperial Coinage : 10. The divided Empire and the fall of the western parts AD 395-491

Ref

p. ci

Reference

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

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table 4, no. 288

Reference

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

Ref

228-229; no. 1347

Reference

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

Ref

no. 1423

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

Coin Hoards
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CHIRILENI

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Red vessel

Thin rough walls

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CHIRILENI

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Red vessel

Thin rough walls

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