DIYARBAKIR (MARDIN)

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Location

County

Diyarbakır

Region

Southeastern Anatolia

Country

Syria, Turkey

Lat/Long/Alt

37.3068 / 40.7483 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

40 km south of Mardin. At the time of discovery, this was part of Turkey but today, the findspot is in Syria.

Information

5435

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5435

Hoard name

DIYARBAKIR (MARDIN)

Alternative names

Regling 1932; Diarbekir

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

May 1890

Total number of coins

302

Summary

A large hoard of gold coins (ca. 8 kg), found 40 km south of Mardin in 1890. Gnecchi also reports gold ingots, though Regling doubts this. The hoard was dispersed, but 302 aurei (Nero - Marcus Aurelius) have been published by Regling.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul (part, 302 coins)
Closing reign (earliest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (earliest)

161
Closing reign (latest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (latest)

180
Opening year (earliest)

54
Opening year (latest)

68
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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

Only 302 coins were published, the other coins were dispersed
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Gnecchi, F. - 1891 - Monete romane d'oro in Mesopotamia

Ref

276

Reference

Regling, K. - 1931 - Der Schatz römischer Goldmünzen von Diarbekir (Mardin)

Comment

with catalogue of 302 coins, incl. references to Cohen

Reference

Yalçın, D. Ö. - 2017 - Numismatik Veriler Işığında Roma İmparatorluğu Doğu Sınırı Sikke Sirkülasyonu (Monetary Circulation Amongst the Eastern Frontier of the Roman Empire in Light of Numismatic Data)

Ref

116-117

Comment

with list by reign only.

Updated by M. Spoerri (Nov. 2021). Corrected and Updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2022). Updated by M. Spoerri (Aug. 2023 and Jan. 2024), with correct coin summary information.

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