BATN IHRIT 1902

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Location

City

Batn Ahrit (Al Khawagat Previous) [بطن أهريت (الخواجات سابقاًً]

County

Ibshaway [إبشواي]

Region

Faiyum [الفيوم]

Country

Egypt

Ancient place

Theadelphia

Lat/Long/Alt

29.3328204 / 30.5682028 / 6.18 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

6303

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6303

Hoard name

BATN IHRIT 1902

Alternative names

THEADELPHIA III; Theadelphia 1902 C; Θεαδέλφεια, Batn el-Harit; Kharabet Ihrit

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1902

Total number of coins

172

Summary

172 nummi (Tetrarchy to Licinius I, AD 316/7) found in a bronze vessel in the courtyard just in front of a door during excavations of a house.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Münzkabinett, Berlin (in 1912)
Finder(s)

Rubensohn, Otto
Closing reign (earliest)

Licinius I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

316
Closing reign (latest)

Licinius I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

317
Opening year (earliest)

293
Opening year (latest)

295
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Date of excavation (from)

1902
Date of excavation (to)

1902
Site comment

In the House of Come (Rubble place). In the courtyard, the north-east corner, in a room enclosed by a small wall, several large storage jars were found, one of which contained a number of wooden spindles.
Associated features

Wooden spindles
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Industrial building, Room

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze vessel

References

Reference

Rubensohn, O. - 1905 - Aus griechisch-römischen Häusern des Fayum

Ref

1-25

Reference

Regling, K. - 1912 - Münzschatz aus Theadelphia

Ref

119-131

Reference

Kienast, D. - 1962 - Der Münzfund von Ankara, 270 - 310 n. Chr.

Reference

Schubert, H. - 1984 - Studien zum spätrömischen Münzumlauf in Ägypten, 1. Folles- und Aes-Schätze aus dem 4. Jahrhundert n. Chr.

Ref

94-96 (hoard I)

Reference

Ford, M. - 2000 - The coin hoards of late Roman/early Byzantine Egypt from the reform of Diocletianus to the reform of Anastasius, AD 294-491

Ref

AE 46 (p. 364)

Reference

Noeske, H.-C. - 2006 - Münzfunde aus Ägypten II. Die griechisch-römischen Münzfunde aus dem Fayum

Ref

364-370

Existing dataset updated by M. Spoerri (Jan. 2022). Updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2022). Updated by M. Spoerri (bibliography, May 2022 / coin summary data Feb. 2024).

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