TELL SAKHA A 35

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Location

City

Sakha [سخا]

County

Region

Kafr El Sheikh [ كفر الشيخ]

Country

Egypt

Ancient place

Xois

Lat/Long/Alt

31.08 / 30.94 / 6 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

5226

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5226

Hoard name

TELL SAKHA A 35

Alternative names

Tell Sakha A35, Sakha/Xois, سخا

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1923

Total number of coins

299

Summary

Hoard bought by E.T. Newell in Cairo in Dec. 1923, found near Sakha. It comprised 299 coins: 33 Greek silver coins from the 2nd and 1st c. BC, 261 denarii (Nero to Trajan) and 5 provincial silver issues of Trajan (one Arabian drachm; three drachms of Cyrenaica and one hemidrachm of Cyrenaica).

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

ANS
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan
Terminal year (earliest)

114
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan
Terminal year (latest)

117
Opening year (earliest)

-339
Opening year (latest)

-229
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Rating comment

Not all coins have been entered!
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Weber, S.H. - 1932 - An Egyptian Coin Hoard of the Second Century A.D.

Reference

Noe, S.P. - 1937 - A Bibliography of Greek Coin Hoards (2nd ed.)

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889

Reference

Christiansen, E. - 1985 - The Roman coins of Alexandria. An inventory of hoards

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97, no. A35

Reference

Warren, J.A.W. - 1993 - Towards a resolution of the Achaian League silver coinage controversy. Some observations on methodology

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p. 94

Reference

Ashton, R. H. J., and Weiss, A.-P. C. - 1997 - The Post-Plinthophoric Silver Drachms of Rhodes

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26, no. E

Reference

Warren, J.A.W. - 1999 - The Achaian League Silver Coinage Controversy Resolved: A Summary

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p. 105

Reference

RPC III

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p. 9

W. E. Metcalf dataset; K. Huber for Greek coins; updated by M. Spoerri (Oct. 2017). Updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2022). RPC reference inserted and updated greek and provincial coin information (M. Spoerri, Aug. 2022 / July 2024).

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