SALAMINA 1996

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Location

Address

Peristeria cave

County

Nomós Piraiós

Region

Attica

Country

Greece

Lat/Long/Alt

37.8812 / 23.4533 / 61.6 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

6782

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6782

Hoard name

SALAMINA 1996

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1996

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 39 radiates of Gallienus and Salonina, found in the Euripides / Peristeria cave, on the south of the island of Salamis.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Cave
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

253
Closing reign (latest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

269
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Excellent

Natural features

Cave
Site class

Rural

Context

Natural feature

Containers belonging to this hoard

Purse

The coins were found in a woollen purse.

References

Reference

Weblink

Ref

http://akamas.uoi.gr/docs/anaskafikes/Cave_Euripides.pdf

Comment

inc. a photo of the 39 coins and a brief description (an intact hoard of 39 silver- plated coins struck in the name of the Roman Emperor Gallienus (260-268 A.D.) and his wife Salonina, concealed deep in a “blind” corridor, and apparently marking the last dramatic episode in the history of the cult-cave.)

Reference

Lólos, Y. - 1997 - "Σπήλαιον αναπνοήν έχον ες την θάλασσαν": το σπήλαιο του Ευριπίδη στη Σαλαμίνα

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p. 291 (ment.), with fig. 14-15 at pp. 317-318

Reference

Touchais, G. et al. - 1998 - Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques en Grèce en 1996 et 1997

Ref

p. 744 (ment.)

Reference

Touratsoglou, I. P. - 2006 - Greece and the Balkans before the End of Antiquity

Ref

p. 206, no. 452

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. 158-159, table 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.

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p. 147, no. 18

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

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SALAMINA 1996

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Purse

The coins were found in a woollen purse.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SALAMINA 1996

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Purse

The coins were found in a woollen purse.

References

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Coin Hoards
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