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BJÖRNHOVDA

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Location

City

Björnhovda

County

Öland

Region

Götaland

Country

Sweden

Ancient place

Björnhovda

Lat/Long/Alt

56.6532 / 16.5028 / 18.5 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

4585

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4585

Hoard name

BJÖRNHOVDA

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1864

(to)

1870

Total number of coins

36

Summary

36 solidi: Honorius - Basiliscus (AD 475-476); gold weight: 160.2 g.

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Credit

Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Swedish History Museum, Stockholm (inv.nos. 3247, 3258, 3274, 4449)
Comment

Found on same field at different times.
Closing reign (earliest)

Basiliscus
Terminal year (earliest)

475
Closing reign (latest)

Basiliscus
Terminal year (latest)

476
Opening year (earliest)

395
Opening year (latest)

408
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

Objects belonging to this hoard

Untitled
also remains of a leather purse.

References

Fagerlie, J.M. - 1967 - Late Roman and Byzantine solidi found in Sweden and Denmark

Ref

194-195, no. 115

Reference

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

Ref

table 4, no. 257

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

no. 1675

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