BUTOIEȘTI

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Location

City

Butoiești

County

Mehedinți

Region

Oltenia

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

44.585 / 23.378 / 121.78 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

On the Roman road Drobeta - Pelendava. At the place called 'La nucul lui Fănică' [Fănică's nut-tree]. 250 m nW from the house of Gheorghe Cornaciu from the former hamlet of Tabla.

Information

5260

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5260

Hoard name

BUTOIEȘTI

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Aug 1976

Total number of coins

550

Summary

(c. 550) 165 denarii found with a ceramic vessel: Nero - Commodus (AD 181-191).

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Discovery method

Fieldwalking
Discovery depth (m)

0
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Muzeul Olteniei, Craiova, Romania
Finder(s)

Gheorghe Belbita
Comment

The coins were spread among private collectors. 165 pieces were recovered by police.
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

181
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

191
Opening year (earliest)

64
Opening year (latest)

65
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Broken by ploughing. Grey coarse.

References

Reference

Popilian, Gh., and Stan-Mirceşti, I. - 1989 - Tezaurul de monede romane imperiale de la Butoieşti (judeţul Mehedinţi)

Ref

37-42

Reference

Depeyrot, G. and Moisil, D. - 2008 - Les trésors de deniers de Trajan à Balbin en Roumanie

Ref

153-154; no. 97

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_BUTOIEŞTI

W.E. Metcalf dataset (2015); K. Huber for data up to and including Nero. uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015); updated by C. Gazdac (Jul. 2017). Coin level data by C. Gazdac (Mar. 2024).

Coin Hoards
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BUTOIEȘTI

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Broken by ploughing. Grey coarse.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BUTOIEȘTI

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Broken by ploughing. Grey coarse.

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