GÖKTEPE

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Location

City

Göktepe

County

Muğla

Region

Akdeniz Bölgesi [Mediterranean Region]

Country

Turkey

Ancient place

Pharax

Lat/Long/Alt

36.629 / 32.626 / 1252.3 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

5297

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5297

Hoard name

GÖKTEPE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

(to)

1994

Total number of coins

185

Summary

185 Roman coins including 178 silver coins and 7 bronze coins, ranging from Septimius Severus to Valerian I and Gallienus (AD 257). 125 of these coins (37 denarii and 88 antoniniani) could be studied and published. No indication is given on the date of the find, although this is clearly before 1994 when the hoard was published.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Bodrum Museum
Comment

The hoard was found during excavations following the demolition of an illegally built house.
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

257
Closing reign (latest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (latest)

257
Opening year (earliest)

200
Opening year (latest)

202
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Good
Rating comment

Of the 185 coins associated with this find, only 40 denarii and 85 antoniniani were examined and attributed to a mint.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Associated features

Hollard writes that the find probably came from the destruction layer of a Roman city.
Site class

Urban
Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bronze tweezers

References

Reference

Hollard, D. and Bingöl, O. - 1994 - Le trésor de Göktepe

Ref

65-72

Reference

Bland, R. - 2023 - The Coinage of Gordian III from the Mints of Antioch and Caesarea

Ref

pp. 468-9, Hoard F

W.E. Metcalf dataset. Updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2018), R. Bennett (Oct. 2018) and M. Spoerri (Nov. 2018). Updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2022). Bibliography updated, M. Spoerri (June 2024).

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GÖKTEPE

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Bronze tweezers

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GÖKTEPE

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Bronze tweezers

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