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SAN GENESIO

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Location

City

San Genesio ed Uniti

County

Pavia

Region

Lombardia

Country

Italy

Lat/Long/Alt

45.236846 / 9.176885 / 85.9 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

At the edge of the town of San Genesio ed Uniti, at 6.5 km from Pavia. On the property of Mr. Carlo Tamburelli.

Information

ID

4350

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4350

Hoard name

SAN GENESIO

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

18 Feb 1949

Total number of coins

540

Summary

540 coins found with an amphora: 1 solidus, 8 multiple of siliqua, 4 heavy miliarenses, 86 light mililiarenses, 441 siliquae. Gold weight: 4.45g; Silver: 1300.6g. Issuers: Costans, Costantius II, Valentinian I, Valens, Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I, Arcadius (AD 337-387). Mints: Aquileia, Siscia, Treveri, Sirmium.

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Coins Summary
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Rating
Archaeological context
Containers
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Credit

Discovery method

Road construction
Discovery depth (m)

1.50
Land Use

Road
Disposition

Soprintendenza Archeologia della Lombardia, Milano, Italy
Finder(s)

20 workers
Comment

Recovered from the antiquities' market in 1950.
Closing reign (earliest)

Theodosius I
Terminal year (earliest)

383
Closing reign (latest)

Theodosius I
Terminal year (latest)

387
Opening year (earliest)

337
Opening year (latest)

337
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Amphora

Destroyed at the time of discovery.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Small mug vessel
Decorations with incised lines on the rim, body and botoom

Two gold earrings

References

Frova, A. - 1954 - Vita dei medaglieri. Soprintendenza alle antichità della Lombardia

Ref

155-156

Reference

Ulrich-Bansa, O. - 1954 - II. - S. GENESIO (Pavia) - Ripostiglio di monete d'argento del IV secolo d.Cr.

Ref

166-184

Reference

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

Ref

table 4, no. 141

Reference

Facchinetti, G. - 2018 - Tutelare per conoscere e valorizzare. Il caso del ripostiglio di San Genesio (PV)

Ref

197-209

Comment

pdf under web link.

Updated by C. Gazdac (April 2019).