KUŞAKKAYA

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Location

City

Kuşakkaya

County

Adıyaman

Region

Southeastern Anatolia

Country

Turkey

Lat/Long/Alt

37.812 / 38.13 / 901.08 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

5438

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5438

Hoard name

KUŞAKKAYA

Alternative names

Kuçakkaya

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1985

Total number of coins

1400

Summary

c. 1400 coins, mostly aurei, of which only 45 specimens were recorded, ranging from Nero to Antoninus Pius (43 aurei, 1 denarius of Nero and 1 of Galba), found during illegal excavations in Kuşakkaya.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Adıyaman museum; Kahramanmaraş museum; private collection in Ankara
Comment

Found during illegal excavations at the village of Kuşakkaya.
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

143
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

144
Opening year (earliest)

64
Opening year (latest)

65
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

The vast majority of the coins were dispersed before they were recorded.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Ergeç, E. - 1996 - The Kuşakkaya Hoard of Aurei

Ref

37-39

Reference

Yener, E. - 1997 - Kuşakkaya definesi (Turk.) [Der Schatzfund von Kuşakkaya]

Reference

RPC II

Ref

p. 8

Reference

Butcher, K. - 2004 - Coinage in Roman Syria: Northern Syria, 64 BC - AD 253

Ref

p. 274, no. 33c

Uploaded by P. Walton, coin level data inserted by R. Bennett (Nov. 2016), updated by M. Spoerri (Oct. 2021). Updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2022; May 2024).

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