MERNYE

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Location

City

Mernye

County

Somogy

Region

Dél-Dunántúl [Southern Transdanubia]

Country

Hungary

Lat/Long/Alt

46.508 / 17.823 / 149.23 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

At the place Pödöri-Flur.

Information

4339

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4339

Hoard name

MERNYE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1968

Total number of coins

381

Summary

381 coins: 1 antoninianus, 380 nummi: Probus - Gratian (AD 367-375)

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Rippl-Rónai Múzeum, Kaposvár, Hungary (Inv.no. 73. 1. 1.-73. 18. 1-45)
Finder(s)

I. Kovács and S. Tóth
Comment

Found in two phases: 115 coins found by the two persons, 266 coins recovered after a careful searching at the place using metal detectors. No traces of a container.
Closing reign (earliest)

Gratian
Terminal year (earliest)

367
Closing reign (latest)

Gratian
Terminal year (latest)

375
Opening year (earliest)

276
Opening year (latest)

282
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather/textile purse?

A It was presumed such a container as no traces of a non-perishable material were found at the spot.

References

Reference

Burger, A.S. - 1978 - Ein spätrömischer Münzschatz aus Mernye

Ref

135-150

Reference

Guest, P. - 1994 - A Comparative Study of Coin Hoards from the Western Roman Empire

Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Jan. 2017).

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MERNYE

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather/textile purse?

A It was presumed such a container as no traces of a non-perishable material were found at the spot.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

MERNYE

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather/textile purse?

A It was presumed such a container as no traces of a non-perishable material were found at the spot.

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