SAMOS HERAION

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Location

City

Kolona

County

Samos

Region

North Aegean

Country

Greece

Ancient place

Samos, Heraion

Lat/Long/Alt

37.671 / 26.885 / 4.4 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

6745

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6745

Hoard name

SAMOS HERAION

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1911

(to)

1912

Total number of coins

6700

Summary

The hoard was found in two vessels and comprised 6,700 Provincial bronzes chiefly of Samos, ending with coins of Gallienus (sole reign). Other mints represented include Naxos, Ephesus, Magnesia ad Maeander and Smyrna. The two vessels were resting against the wall of a house, built west of the 'Cicero-Exedra'.

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Credit

Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Münzkabinett; Samos, archaeological museum
Finder(s)

German excavations
Closing reign (earliest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (latest)

193
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

Type information available for the coins of Gallienus, sole reign, and for the coins of Naxos.
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Rural

Context

Temple or shrine, House

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in two vessels, described as 'vases.'

Vessel

The hoard was found in two vessels, described as 'vases.'

References

Reference

Vossische Zeitung 10 April 1912

Ref

p. 16

Reference

Schede, M. - 1929 - Zweiter vorläufiger Bericht über die von den Berliner Staatlichen Museen unternommenen Ausgrabungen auf Samos

Ref

pp. 14-15

Comment

on the circumstances of the find

Reference

Noe, S.P. - 1937 - A Bibliography of Greek Coin Hoards (2nd ed.)

Ref

p. 237, no. 903

Reference

Schultz, H.-D. - 1997 - Das Ende der städtischen Münzprägung von Ephesus und Samos unter Gallienus (260-268 n. Chr.)

Comment

gives number of specimens from the hoard per type of his catalogue and quotes some coins from the hoard.

Reference

Nicolet-Pierre, H. - 2009 - Monnaies de Naxos (Cyclades) d'époque impériale romaine

Ref

398-400

Comment

with catalogue including the 19 coins from the Samos hoard.

Data collected by Sophia Kremydi – Athena Iakovidou, uploaded by J. Mairat (Nov. 2015). Updated by M. Spoerri (Sept. 2021).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SAMOS HERAION

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in two vessels, described as 'vases.'

Vessel

The hoard was found in two vessels, described as 'vases.'

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SAMOS HERAION

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in two vessels, described as 'vases.'

Vessel

The hoard was found in two vessels, described as 'vases.'

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire