ZEUGMA 2000 - I

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Location

City

Nizip

County

Gaziantep

Region

Country

Turkey

Ancient place

Zeugma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeugma_(Commagene)

Lat/Long/Alt

37.057 / 37.869 / 410.73 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

4751

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4751

Hoard name

ZEUGMA 2000 - I

Alternative names

Hoard 1

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2000

Total number of coins

462

Summary

462 coins, mostly provincial issues of Caesarea in Cappadocia (150 coins) and imperial bronzes (130 coins), other bronze provincial issues and some imperial silver, closing with Gordian III, found in a deposit associated with the mid-third-century destruction of Zeugma.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Finder(s)

PHI excavations undertaken by Oxford Archaeology in the summer of 2000
Closing reign (earliest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (earliest)

243
Closing reign (latest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (latest)

244
Opening year (earliest)

-175
Opening year (latest)

-164
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Site comment

The hoard was found in the mud-brick collapse (context 9195) of Room 9I in Trench 9. The collapse is associated with the widespread destruction presumed to have been the result of the Sassanian attack.
Site class

Urban

Context

Domestic building

Depositional context

Destruction deposit

References

Reference

Butcher, K. - 2013 - Coins and Hoards

Ref

p. 45-86, C289-749

Comment

Hoard 1

Updated by M. Spoerri with summary data inserted (Feb. 2018, July 2023).

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