CYRENE AGORÀ 1934

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Location

City

Shahat [شحات]

County

Sha'abiyya al-Jabal al-Akhḍar [شعبية الجبل الأخضر‎]

Region

Barqa [برقة‎]

Country

Libya

Ancient place

Cyrene

Lat/Long/Alt

32.8188 / 21.8588 / 589.81 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

5470

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5470

Hoard name

CYRENE AGORÀ 1934

Alternative names

BRECCIA

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

25 Aug 1934

Total number of coins

1306

Summary

The hoard originally comprised 1,305 Greek/Roman imperial/Roman provincial silver and bronze coins together with gold and silver ancient jewellery. Nowadays 1043 bronze coins and two couple gold earrings are kept in the Archaeological Museum of Shahat. According to the 1934 find report, the missing silver part featured 32 Greek silver coins (280-50 BC, including 16 coins from the Achaean League and four Rhodian drachms), 39 Roman imperial denarii and quinarii (Otho-Trajan, AD 69-116, mint of Rome) and 45 Roman provincial drachms and hemidrachms struck under Trajan (RPC III, 1-3, AD 100). These, as well as 89 sestertii, 77 dupondii, and 128 asses, were probably made in Rome for circulation in Cyrenaica.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Discovery depth (m)

0.05
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Shahat, Archaeological Museum, Libya
Finder(s)

Pernier, L., Breccia, E., Oliviero, G., Carbonara, P.
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan
Terminal year (earliest)

103
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan
Terminal year (latest)

112
Opening year (earliest)

-300
Opening year (latest)

-150
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Date of excavation (from)

1934
Date of excavation (to)

1934
Site comment

The findspot was located within a room on the eastern part of the Roman agorà.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Urban

Context

Agora, Room

Containers belonging to this hoard

Two textile purses

According to the find report of Evaristo Breccia, textile fragments related to two different purses were noted at the time of discovery.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Couple earrings

Ring
Carved

Ring
With small mounted bead

Small diadem

Hair/cloak pin

Oil lamp
With two spouts (bylichnis), broken

Small bracelet

Spoon

Finger ring
Snake shaped

Small finger ring

References

Reference

Spagnulo, F. - 1997 - Ripostiglio da Cirene in un manoscritto dell'Archivio Breccia.

Reference

RPC III

Ref

p. 9 and 10

Reference

Asolati, M. and Crisafulli, C. - 2018 - Cirene e la Cirenaica in età greca e romana. Le monete. I. I ripostigli

Ref

34-120 and cat. ns. 2/1-1043

Updated by A. Stella (Jan. 2020). Updated by C. Gazdac (Nov. 2021). Coin-level data for Roman imperial denominations added by M. Ball (July 2022). RPC references inserted and information on provincial coins entered by M. Spoerri (Aug. 2022 / July 2024).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CYRENE AGORÀ 1934

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Two textile purses

According to the find report of Evaristo Breccia, textile fragments related to two different purses were noted at the time of discovery.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Couple earrings

Ring
Carved

Ring
With small mounted bead

Small diadem

Hair/cloak pin

Oil lamp
With two spouts (bylichnis), broken

Small bracelet

Small bracelet

Spoon

Finger ring
Snake shaped

Small finger ring

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CYRENE AGORÀ 1934

Containers belonging to this hoard

According to the find report of Evaristo Breccia, textile fragments related to two different purses were noted at the time of discovery.

Objects belonging to this hoard

References

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Coin Hoards
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