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SZIKÁNCS

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Location

City

Szikáncs

County

Csongrád

Region

Észak-Alföld [Northern Great Plain]

Country

Hungary

Lat/Long/Alt

46.362 / 20.451 / 78.56 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

4575

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4575

Hoard name

SZIKÁNCS

Alternative names

HÓDMEZŐVÁSÁRHELY-SZIKÁNCS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1963

Total number of coins

1444

Summary

1444 solidi: Honorius - Valentinian III (AD 441-450); gold weight: 6,446 g.

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest (1437 coins), Inv.no. 28/1964.1-1437; Józó Erzsébet (2 coins); János Tornyai Museum, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (5 coins)
Finder(s)

Józó Erzsébet
Closing reign (earliest)

Valentinian III
Terminal year (earliest)

441
Closing reign (latest)

Valentinian III
Terminal year (latest)

450
Opening year (earliest)

420
Opening year (latest)

422
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

References

Reference

Biróné Sey, K. - 1976 - A szikáncsi V. századi solidus lelet [The Fifth century solidus find from Szikáncsi]

Ref

8-19

Reference

Duncan, G.L. - 1993 - Coin circulation in the Danubian and Balkan provinces of the Roman Empire, AD 294-578

Ref

26

Reference

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

Ref

p. cxii

Reference

Kiss, A. - 1999 - A 375 és 1000 közötti kincsleletek, mint a Kárpát- medence kora középkori történeti forrásai. A kincsleletek katalógusa. (Die völkerwanderungszeitlichen und frühmittelalterlichen Schatzfunde im Karpathenbecken. Katalog der Schatzfunde von 375 bis 1000).

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61

Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Jan. 2017); coin level G. Green (Oct. 2017)