QUMRAN 1955 A

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Location

City

Kalya [קַלְיָה]

County

Judaea [יְהוּדָה]

Region

West Bank [الضفة الغربية; הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית]

Country

Israel, Palestinian Territories

Ancient place

Qumran

Lat/Long/Alt

31.741118876821 / 35.459027294144 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

7692

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7692

Hoard name

QUMRAN 1955 A

Alternative names

קומראן‎‎, خربة قمران; KHIRBET QUMRAN A

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

21 Mar 1955

Total number of coins

223

Summary

223 silver coins (tetradrachms, denarius, shekels) found with a ceramic vessel next to another one (Qumran 1953 B) and not far from Qumran 1953 C.

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Israel Antiquities Authority, Amman Museum
Finder(s)

R. de Vaux
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain
Terminal year (earliest)

-9
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain
Terminal year (latest)

-8
Opening year (earliest)

-126
Opening year (latest)

-126
Coin-level data

Available to enter

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Good

Date of excavation (from)

1955
Date of excavation (to)

1955
Site comment

Locus 120, to the right of the door on entering, two pots were buried between the floor of period I b and that of period II.
Site class

Rural

Context

Enclosure

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Small with a wide opening. (de Vaux 1956, 567). Covered with corks made of palm fibers.

References

Reference

de Vaux, R. - 1956 - Fouilles de Khirbet Qumrân

Reference

Kadman, L. - 1967 - The Monetary Development in Palestine in the Light of Coin Hoards

Ref

No. 16

Reference

Sharabani, M. - 1980 - Monnaies de Qumrân au Musée Rockefeller de Jérusalem

Comment

Most of the coins published in that article belong to the QUMRAN HOARD A.

Reference

RPC I

Ref

p. 723

Reference

Leonard Jr., R.D. - 2000 - Numismatic Evidence for the Authenticity of the Copper Scroll

Ref

686

Reference

Butcher, K. - 2004 - Coinage in Roman Syria: Northern Syria, 64 BC - AD 253

Ref

p. 217, no. 15a

Comment

'3 hoards found in the Qumrân excavations, subsequently mixed together'.

URI 1

URI 2

Comment

J. Goldman (July 2016). Updated by C. Gazdac (Jan.; Mar. 2022).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

QUMRAN 1955 A

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Small with a wide opening. (de Vaux 1956, 567). Covered with corks made of palm fibers.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

QUMRAN 1955 A

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Small with a wide opening. (de Vaux 1956, 567). Covered with corks made of palm fibers.

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire