RUSSE 1916

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Location

City

Ruse [Русе]

County

Ruse [Русе]

Region

Country

Bulgaria

Ancient place

Sexaginta Prista

Lat/Long/Alt

43.8458 / 25.9458 / 69.73 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Military and naval centre since the reign of Vespasian.

Information

5292

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5292

Hoard name

RUSSE 1916

Alternative names

SEXAGINTA PRISTA 1; RUSTSCHUK; RUSSE; Русе; RUSSE 2

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

27 Jun 1916

Total number of coins

1602

Summary

1,602 silver coins: denarii, quinarii, antoniniani (radiates), drachm: Trajan - Trajan Decius (AD 249-251).

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Railroad
Finder(s)

A soldier of the 5th Bulgarian Infantry Regiment
Comment

Found while working on the consolidation of the railroad towards Rustchuk (Ruse).
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (earliest)

249
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (latest)

251
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Good
Rating comment

The coins minted up to Septimus Severus to be entered at the coin data level.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Military and naval centre since the reign of Vespasian.
Site class

Military

Context

Uncertain

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

References

Reference

Kubitschek, W. - 1919 - Zum Denarfund aus Nordbulgarien

Ref

Comment

for comments on absence of coins of the Divi, citation of new varieties and a reference on find of coins of Amisus

Reference

Moushmov, N. - 1919 - Münzfunde aus Bulgarien I. Ein Fund römischer Silberdenare

Ref

43-51

Reference

Gerov, B. - 1977 - Die Einfälle der Nordvölker in den Ostbalkanraum im Lichte der Münzschatzfunde. I. Das 2. und 3. Jahrhundert (101-284)

Ref

166, no. 234

Reference

Fitz, J. - 1978 - Der Geldumlauf der römischen Provinzen im Donaugebiet Mitte des 3. Jahrhunderts

Ref

129-130

Reference

Ivanov, D. - 1986 - Kolektivni monetni nahodki ot Rusenski okrag (IV v.pr.n.e. – XV v.).

Ref

Reference

Găzdac, C. - 2002 - Monetary circulation in Dacia and the provinces from the Middle and Lower Danube from Trajan to Constantine I (AD 306-337)

Ref

548-549

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Moesia Inferior_SEXAGINTA PRISTA I = RUSSE

W. E. Metcalf dataset; V. Varbanov dataset (2017); updated by C. Gazdac (Sep.; Nov. 2017; Mar. 2024); coin-level data Trajan-Commodus provided by M. Ball (Mar. 22)

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