SEPIETI

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Location

City

Sepieti [სეფიტი]

County

Abasha [აბაშა]

Region

Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti [სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი]

Country

Georgia

Lat/Long/Alt

42.2888 / 42.2344 / 50.93 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

On the Abasha River.

Information

5333

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5333

Hoard name

SEPIETI

Alternative names

სეფიტი; Сепиети

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1931

Total number of coins

417

Summary

A hoard of approximatively 400 silver coins discovered within a ceramic vessel, comprising a large majority of denarii (Trajan - Severus Alexander) and some Cappadocian drachms (up to Caracalla). The hoard was dispersed. Different accounts exist of its content, with Dundua 1979 publishing the 377 coins in the National Museum in Tbilisi (12 Cappadocian drachms and 365 denarii) and Zograf 1945 listing 417 coins (10 Cappadocian drachms and 407 denarii).

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

National Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi
Finder(s)

collected by S. I. Makalatija.
Comment

Find on the river Abashi by a teacher.
Closing reign (earliest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (earliest)

222
Closing reign (latest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (latest)

235
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
Coin-level data

Available to enter

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

mentioned in Zograph 1945, no. 158.

References

Reference

Pachomov, E.A./ Пахомов, Е. А. - 1938 - Монетные клады Азербайджана и других республик, краев и областей Кавказа II [Coin hoards of Azerbaijan and other republics, territories and regions of the Caucasus]

Ref

p. 14, no. 349.

Comment

mentioning that the hoard comprised up to 400 coins, with list of some of them, and stating that the content was dispersed.

Reference

Pachomov, E.A./ Пахомов, Е. А. - 1940 - Монетные клады Азербайджана и других республик, краев и областей Кавказа III [Coin hoards of Azerbaijan and other republics, territories and regions of the Caucasus]

Ref

p. 30, no. 785

Comment

"a farmer found a small earthenware vessel with 500 coins"

Reference

Makalatia / Макалатиа - 1944 - Untitled

Ref

p. 184, 217

Reference

Zograf A. N. / Зограф, А. Н. , - 1945 - Находки античных монет на Кавказе [Finds of ancient coins in the Caucasus]

Ref

p. 74-75 no. 158; p. 80-81, no. 184.

Comment

listing 407 denarii by emperor (no. 158) and 10 Cappadocian drachms by emperor and date (no. 184)

Reference

Pachomov E. A. / Пахомов, Е. А. - 1949 - Монетные клады Азербайджана и других республик, краев и областей Кавказа. Вып. V. [Coin hoards of Azerbaijan and other republics, territories and regions of the Caucasus]

Ref

52-53

Comment

Mentioning that the hoard was dispersed. The most up to date reconstruction of its content is the one by Zograf. Follows a list by emperor of 10 Cappadocian drachms and 407 denarii, though also stating that this list is not complete.

Reference

Kropotkin, V.V. - 1961 - Клады римских монет на территории СССР [Hoards of Roman coins on the territory of the USSR]

Ref

p. 108, no. 1651

Comment

listing 420 coins by emperor.

Reference

Golenko, K.V. - 1964 - Denežnoe obraščenie Kolchidy v rimskoe vremja. (Russ.) [Der Geldverkehr in Kolchis in römischer Zeit.]

Ref

p. 69, no. 27; p. 82-83, no. 67

Comment

listing 417 coins: 10 drachms from Caesarea in Cappadocia and 407 denarii.

Reference

Dundua, G. F. - 1979 - Monetnye klady Gruzii. Klady rimskich monet iz ss. Ėki i Sepieti.

Comment

Publication of the hoard, with catalogue of 377 coins in the National Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi: 12 Cappadocian drachms and 365 denarii.

Reference

Bland, R. - 1996 - The Bronze Coinage of Gordian III from Caesarea in Cappadocia

Ref

p. 65 (g)

Comment

ref. only, ment. 12 Cappadocian drachms and 365 denarii (i.e. 377 coins, following Dundua 1979).

Reference

Kropotkin, V. V. and Depeyrot, G. - 2005 - Les trouvailles de monnaies romaines en U.R.S.S.

Ref

264, no. 1651

Comment

listing 420 coins, by reign.

Reference

Tsotselia, M. and Depeyrot, G. - 2010 - Coin finds in Georgia (6th century BC - 15th century AD)

Ref

102, no. 594

Comment

Listing 417 coins, following Golenko 1964 (no mention of Dundua 1979).

W.E. Metcalf dataset (coin level data for denarii of Septimius Severus). Updated by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2019). Updated by A. Kéfélian (Jan. 20220). Updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2022). Content information updated by M. Spoerri (May 2023).

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

mentioned in Zograph 1945, no. 158.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SEPIETI

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

mentioned in Zograph 1945, no. 158.

References

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