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Location

City

Ercsi

County

Fejér

Region

Közép-Dunántúl [Central Transdanubia]

Country

Hungary

Lat/Long/Alt

47.2244 / 18.8103 / 122.56 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The hoard came from the site known as Fácánosdűlő-Sinatelep.

Information

5285

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5285

Hoard name

ERCSI

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Apr 1962

Total number of coins

386

Summary

386 denarii: Mark Antony - Severus Alexander (AD 231).

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

0.30-0.50
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest
Comment

It was found in a roadside settlement on the Limes. No further information about the context was provided. Between 6 and 8 coins were lost.
Closing reign (earliest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (earliest)

228
Closing reign (latest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (latest)

235
Opening year (earliest)

-32
Opening year (latest)

-31
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Rating comment

The hoard is here recorded in part in summary (for coins from Vitellius to Commodus) and at the level of the RIC number for data provided by B. Metcalf.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

The hoard was found 26 miles from Aquincum on the Limes road which ran between Matrica and Vetus Salina through vineyards. The course of the road is well known through aerial photography. A fourth century settlement or 'burgus' and cemetery are known at the site.
Site class

Urban

Context

Settlement

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

Soproni, S. - 1964 - Az ercsi éremlelet

Ref

9-17

Reference

FMRU I

Ref

235-241

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Pannonia Superior_ERCSI

W. E. Metcalf dataset (2015); K. Huber for data up to and including Nero; uploaded by J. Mairat (Nov. 2015); data added by P. Walton (20.6.16); updated by Cristian Gazdac (Jan. 2017); coin-level data Vitellius-Commodus provided by M. Ball (Mar. 22). Corrected, updated coin level data entered C. Gazdac (Mar. 2024).

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