ID
7269
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Hoard name
TOMARES
Alternative names
El Zaudín
Data type
Hoard
Date of discovery (from)
27 Apr 2016
Total number of coins
53187
Summary
The hoard comprised 19 amphorae filled with approximately 600 kg, 53,187 coins of early fourth century nummi with the majority apparently coming from eastern mints. Amphoras 1-9, sealed, c. 25.200 coins; Amphora 10, cracked, 2,799; Amphora 11, cracked, 2,798; Amphoras 12 - 19 Broken amphorae: 22,288 coins; coins found during excavations 102; Coins found during the excavation 102.
The coins were not worn, and the amphorae appear to have been made specifically to accommodate the coins.
At the moment, 5,899 coins were studied pieces that were analyzed were minted under the emperors Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius, Galerius, Constantine, Severus, Maximinus, Licinius and Maxentius. They came from the mints of Rome, Carthage, Aquileia, Treveri, Ticinum, Lugdunum, Londinium, Siscia and Ostia. A smaller number of coins came from Alexandria, Cyzicus, Thessaloniki, Heraklea, Nicomedia and Antiochi. The emperor whose name appears on the highest number of coins is Diocletian, and the mint, Carthage.
