BOSNEK

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Location

City

Bosnek

County

Region

Country

Bulgaria

Lat/Long/Alt

42.494 / 23.181 / 929.94 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

4540

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4540

Hoard name

BOSNEK

Data type

Single gold coin

Date of discovery (from)

1981

Total number of coins

Summary

A single solidus dating to the reign of Theodosius II. Hobbs estimates a gold weight of 4.45g.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Regional Museum, Pernik, Bulgaria
Closing reign (earliest)

Theodosius II
Terminal year (earliest)

408
Closing reign (latest)

Theodosius II
Terminal year (latest)

450
Opening year (earliest)

408
Opening year (latest)

450
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

RIC

Ref

X, clxxvi

Reference

1981 - Coin Hoards: volume VI

Ref

36, no. 196

Reference

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

Ref

table 4, no. 111

Gazdac dataset (2015); Hobbs dataset (2015); uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015)

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