DJÉMILA 1923

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Location

City

Djémila [جميلة‎]

County

Region

Sétif [سطيف]

Country

Algeria

Ancient place

Cuicul

Lat/Long/Alt

36.32 / 5.736 / 892.5 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

4661

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4661

Hoard name

DJÉMILA 1923

Alternative names

DJÉMILA 1; CUICUL; جميلة

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1923

Total number of coins

179

Summary

180 solidi (only 179 mention on Salama's list): Theodosius II - Anastasius (AD 495) and 1 gold ring. Found in the 'Bâtiment à auges' on the northern façade of the basilica.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Discovery depth (m)

1
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Musée d'Alger (176 coins, Registre d'entrées, no 1222, March 1924); Musée de Djémila, Algeria (vanished between 1956-1962)
Closing reign (earliest)

Anastasius
Terminal year (earliest)

495
Closing reign (latest)

Anastasius
Terminal year (latest)

495
Opening year (earliest)

402
Opening year (latest)

450
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

The city was built during the 1st century AD as a Roman military garrison situated on a narrow triangular plateau in the province of Numidia. Cuicul's builders followed a standard plan with a forum at the center and two main streets, the Cardo Maximus and the Decumanus Maximus. The city was initially populated by a colony of Roman soldiers from Italy, and eventually grew to become a large trading market. The resources that contributed to the prosperity of the city were essentially agricultural (cereals, olive trees and farm). During the reign of Caracalla in the 3rd century AD, Cuicul's administrators took down some of the old ramparts and constructed a new forum. The terrain hindered building, so that they built the theatre outside the town walls, which was exceptional. Christianity became very popular in the 4th century and brought the addition of a basilica and baptistry. The city was slowly abandoned after the fall of the Roman Empire around 5th-6th centuries. There were some improvements under emperor Justinian I, with wall reinforcements. (Wikipedia)
Associated features

In a hall with troughs, on the north face of the great basilica.
Site class

Urban

Depositional context

Ditch

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

No further information

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
Without chaton. Material not specified

References

Reference

Morrisson, C. - 1987 - La circulation de la monnaie d'or en Afrique à l'époque vandale. Bilan des trouvailles locales

Ref

336-337

Reference

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

Ref

table 4, no. 185

Reference

Salama, Pierre - 2002 - La chasse aux trésors dans le Maghreb classique

Ref

1978

Comment

Inv. 26

Updated by C. Gazdac (October 2018).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

DJÉMILA 1923

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

No further information

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
Without chaton. Material not specified

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

DJÉMILA 1923

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

No further information

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring Without chaton. Material not specified

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Finger ring
Without chaton. Material not specified