GHARYAN

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Location

City

Gharyan [غريان ]

County

Jabal al Gharbi [الجبل الغربي]

Region

Tripolitania [طرابلس]

Country

Libya

Lat/Long/Alt

32.17 / 13.017 / 711.56 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

4955

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4955

Hoard name

GHARYAN

Alternative names

GARYAN; غريان

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1964

Total number of coins

281

Summary

The hoard, found before 1964, comprised 281 sestertii: Trajan Septimius Severus (AD 197-211).

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Comment

Confiscated by authorities in Tripoli at the time of selling on the market.
Closing reign (earliest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (earliest)

197
Closing reign (latest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (latest)

211
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

Some of the coins was possible to enter at the coin data level.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

'The 82nd station on the Roman road leading from the town of Oea (Tripoli) towards Mizda in the south.
Site class

Rural

Context

Military building

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

Salama, P. - 2004 - La rareté des trésors de sesterces en Afrique Proconsulaire

Ref

38-40

Comment

Inv. C

P.Walton (2014); updated by C. Gazdac (January 2019); RIC II.3 (Hadrian) references added by M. Ball (June 2022).

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