LOD 1995

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Location

City

Lod [לוד; ‎اللد]

County

Region

Central [מְחוֹז הַמֶּרְכָּז; المنطقة الوسطى]

Country

Israel

Ancient place

Lydda/Diospolis

Lat/Long/Alt

31.951 / 34.888 / 64.07 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The excavation took place in the Neve Yereq neighbourhood of Lod (grid ref. 14065 15180; permit A-2409).

Information

7677

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7677

Hoard name

LOD 1995

Alternative names

לוֹד, اللُّدّ‎‎, Lydda, Diospolis

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Dec 1995

(to)

Apr 1996

Total number of coins

2755

Summary

The hoard comprised 2,755 bronze coins dated between AD 348 and AD 355.

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Credit

Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA 88663-88939; 92890-92977; 92752-94570)
Finder(s)

Eli Yannai and Radwan Badhi (Israel Antiquities Authority)
Comment

1507 of the coins were not cleaned. Bijovsky records the hoard as having 2,755 bronze coins. "After determining that the assemblage was typologically homogeneous, it was decided to clean only about 45% of the total" (Bijovsky 2007, 188).
Closing reign (earliest)

House of Constantine (RIC VIII)
Terminal year (earliest)

351
Closing reign (latest)

House of Constantine (RIC VIII)
Terminal year (latest)

355
Opening year (earliest)

348
Opening year (latest)

355
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

Typology of cleaned coins presented in Bijovsky 2007, but the coin level data was not published.
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1995
Date of excavation (to)

1996
Site comment

"Although its architectural context remains unclear, the hoard, which was unearthed under a floor (L.2055), was intentionally deposited, as is evident from the fact that the coins were carefully wrapped in a piece of cloth before being buried" (Bijovsky 2007, 187).
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Urban

Context

Domestic building

Depositional context

Floor

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cloth

Residue of cloth on some coins

References

Reference (string)

IAA LR 26 "Lod"

Reference

Bijovsky, G. - 2007 - Numismatic Evidence for the Gallus Revolt: The Hoard from Lod

Ref

187-203

URI 1

URI 2

Comment

J. Goldman 26.07.16. Updated by C. Gazdac (Mar. 2022).

Coin Hoards
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LOD 1995

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cloth

Residue of cloth on some coins

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

LOD 1995

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cloth

Residue of cloth on some coins

References

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