CORINTH SOUTH STOA 1936

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Location

City

Corinth

County

Corinthia

Region

Peloponnese

Country

Greece

Ancient place

Corinthus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth

Lat/Long/Alt

37.9052 / 22.8798 / 79.1 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

6708

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6708

Hoard name

CORINTH SOUTH STOA 1936

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Mar 1936

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 64 'bronze' coins from Caracalla to Gallienus. The denominational composition of the hoard is not given. It was found in the South Stoa. In front of shop XX was a strosis covered with a thick layer of burned debris. In this charred stratum, within the storeroom, were found the iron fittings of a money box containing the hoard.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

253
Closing reign (latest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

169
Opening year (latest)

180
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Excellent

Site comment

Found in the South Stoa. In front of shop XX was a strosis covered with a thick layer of burned debris. In this charred stratum, within the storeroom, were found the iron fittings of a money box containing the hoard.;
Site class

Urban

Context

Shop

Depositional context

Destruction deposit

Containers belonging to this hoard

Moneybox

Only the iron fittings of a wooden money box survive.

References

Reference

Weblink

Ref

http://corinth.ascsa.net/id/corinth/notebookpage/nb%20151%2c%20spread%2051%20%28pp.%2093%20-%2094%29

Reference

Morgan, Ch. H. II - 1936 - Excavations at Corinth, 1935-1936

Ref

p. 481 (ment.)

Comment

64 'bronze' coins, 34 belonged to the reign of Gallienus and Salonina.

Reference

Harris, J. M. - 1941 - Coins found at Corinth

Ref

p. 145

Comment

list by mints, but no types

Reference

Broneer, O. - 1954 - The South Stoa and its Roman Successors

Ref

p. 134 (ment.)

Comment

List by emperors, but no denominations given. Hoard linked with the invasion of the Herulians, in AD 276.

Reference

Vlachogianni, E. - 2007 - Οι αποκρύψεις έκτακτης ανάγκης στην κυρίως Ελλάδα επί Γαλλιηνού (253-268 μ.Χ.) με αφορμή τον «θησαυρό» Χαιρώνεια/2001. Η Βοιωτία του α΄ μισού του 3ου αι. μ.Χ. και οι Έρουλοι

Ref

pp. 158-9, tab. 2

Reference

Spoerri Butcher, M. and Casoli, A. - 2012 - Un trésor d'antoniniens trouvé à Érétrie (Eubée) en 2011 : Questions de circulation monétaire en Grèce au IIIe siècle ap. J.-C.

Ref

p. 147, no. 19

Data collected by Sophia Kremydi – Athena Iakovidou, uploaded by J. Mairat (Nov. 2015). Hoard data updated by M. Spoerri (Aug. 2021).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CORINTH SOUTH STOA 1936

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Moneybox

Only the iron fittings of a wooden money box survive.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CORINTH SOUTH STOA 1936

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Moneybox

Only the iron fittings of a wooden money box survive.

References

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Coin Hoards
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