LARNACA

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Location

City

Larnaka

County

Larnaca

Region

Cyprus

Country

Cyprus

Ancient place

Kition

Lat/Long/Alt

34.924 / 33.63 / 6.4 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

5263

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5263

Hoard name

LARNACA

Alternative names

Λάρνακα; Larnaka; Kition

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1909

(to)

1909

Total number of coins

783

Summary

Portions of this hoard were acquired by the ANS in 1911 and 1912, totaling 783 coins. 451 of these could be identified in the museum's collection, including 448 denarii, Vespasian to Commodus (AD 183-184) and 3 Cypriote didrachms of Vespasian. This hoard is said to have been discovered in Larnaka, though no details are available.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

American Numismatic Society
Comment

In Feb. 1911 the ANS acquired 170 denarii and one didrachm from the dealer Aziz Khayat, later supplemented by the donation of 5 denarii and 2 didrachms from the same hoard by Agnes Baldwin. In Jan 1912 Newell donated a further 606 denarii from the same find, but it is possible that this does not reflect the actual size of the hoard. The condition of many of the coins is poor.
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

183
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

184
Opening year (earliest)

69
Opening year (latest)

79
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Good
Rating comment

Of the minimum 783 coins that came from this hoard, ANS records only allowed for the identification 451.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Metcalf, W.E. - 1979 - A Roman hoard from Cyprus

Ref

26-35

Reference

RPC II

Ref

p. 261, no. 8

Reference

Parks, D.A. - 2004 - The Roman coinage of Cyprus

Ref

29, 277

Comment

But 451 coins

W. E. Metcalf dataset. R. Bennett May-June 2019. Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2022). Updated by M. Spoerri (Aug. 2022).

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