CHERCHELL - MAUSOLEUM

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Location

City

Cherchell [شرشال‎]

County

Region

Tipaza [تيبازة]

Country

Algeria

Ancient place

Iol Caesarea

Lat/Long/Alt

36.61 / 2.197 / 11.25 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Colonia Claudia Caesarea

Information

4874

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4874

Hoard name

CHERCHELL - MAUSOLEUM

Alternative names

CAESAREA; CHERCHEL; شرشال

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1961

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 28 nummi of the House of Constantine and was found in a Roman mausoleum in the cemetery of Cherchell (AD 333-335). Found togethare with an entirely preserved lamp and a fragment of a lamp.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Comment

Found in a mausoleum
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

333
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

335
Opening year (earliest)

321
Opening year (latest)

322
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Date of excavation (from)

1961
Site comment

Found in mausoleum in the western necropolis. Rectangular construction of 4.5 m by 4.50 m had been excavated in 1961, consisting of walls about fifty centimeters thick, preserved at a height of 30 to 40 cm. Inside a blockage covered three tombs east-west oriented. The tombs were three sarcophagi delimited by walls made of bricks wall coverings (0.40 by 0.40 m: thickness: 0.04 m) and reinforced with thick laid tiles (0.58 m by 0.46 m; thickness 0.06 m). Each tomb had the side walls and the cover made of tiles. No tiles at the bottom.
Associated features

The coins were found on the western part of the edifice, next to a slab. They were welded to each other.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Urban