MEDGIDIA 1968

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Location

City

Medgidia

County

Constanța

Region

Dobrogea

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

44.272 / 28.246 / 73.41 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Roman rural settlement

Information

4337

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Hoard name

MEDGIDIA 1968

Alternative names

MEDGIDIA I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

28 Nov 1968

Total number of coins

Summary

31 bronze coins: 1 as, 1 sestertius, denarius, 2 antoniniani, 20 nummi, 7 provincials (Vespasian-Theodosius I) (AD 383-388).

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Discovery method

Fieldwalking
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Disposition

Museum of History and Archaeology Constanța, Romania (1971)
Finder(s)

A. Dumitrașcu and a group of pupils
Comment

The clay quarry belonging to the Brick factory.
Closing reign (earliest)

Theodosius I
Terminal year (earliest)

383
Closing reign (latest)

Theodosius I
Terminal year (latest)

388
Opening year (earliest)

71
Opening year (latest)

71
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Date of excavation (from)

1968
Date of excavation (to)

1968
Natural features

Clay quarry
Site comment

Three pits with archaeological material.
Associated features

Pottery and animal bones.
Recovery method

Field survey
Site class

Rural

Context

Domestic building

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Small amphora

Amphora presents grooves. Red paste well fired. The pot is covered with a brownish-greenish slip. Hpreserved=34cm; D=11cm.

References

Reference

Ocheșeanu, R. and Dumitrașcu, A. - 1972 - Un tezaur de la Theodosius I descoperit la Medgidia

Ref

537-546

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URI 2

Comment

URI 1

URI 2

Comment

Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug., Sep. 2016).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

MEDGIDIA 1968

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Small amphora

Amphora presents grooves. Red paste well fired. The pot is covered with a brownish-greenish slip. Hpreserved=34cm; D=11cm.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

MEDGIDIA 1968

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Small amphora

Amphora presents grooves. Red paste well fired. The pot is covered with a brownish-greenish slip. Hpreserved=34cm; D=11cm.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire