PATRAS 1982 A

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Location

City

Patras

Address

Vasilou Roufou 121-125

County

Achaea

Region

West Greece

Country

Greece

Ancient place

Patra(e)

Lat/Long/Alt

38.2396 / 21.7372 / 32.9 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

6751

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6751

Hoard name

PATRAS 1982 A

Alternative names

Vasilou Roufou 121-125

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1982

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 49 sestertii from Trajan to Philip I and 2 Provincial bronzes from Patras (Caracalla).

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Built over
Closing reign (earliest)

Philip I
Terminal year (earliest)

244
Closing reign (latest)

Philip I
Terminal year (latest)

249
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Site comment

The hoard was found near the small pillars in the north western corner of the hypocaust of the Valaneion. They were probably hoarded in a small sack which did not survive.
Site class

Urban

Context

Urban space

Depositional context

Hypocaust

Containers belonging to this hoard

Sack

It is hypothesised that the hoard was stored in a small textile sack which has not survived.

References

Reference

Archaiologikon Deltion 37 (1982) B1

Ref

140-142

Comment

for the excavation

Reference

Agallopoulou, P. - 1994 - Θεματα νομισματοκοπιας και νομισματικης κυκλοφοριας των πατρων 14 π.Χ - 268 μ.Χ

Ref

48-9

Reference

Touratsoglou, I. - 2010 - Coin production and coin circulation in the Roman Peloponnese

Ref

p. 244

Reference

Agallopoulou, P. - 2012 - Θέματα νομισματοκοπίας και νομισματικής κυκλοφορίας των Πατρών, 14 π.Χ.-268 μ.Χ.

Ref

150-7

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

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

PATRAS 1982 A

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Sack

It is hypothesised that the hoard was stored in a small textile sack which has not survived.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

PATRAS 1982 A

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Sack

It is hypothesised that the hoard was stored in a small textile sack which has not survived.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire