TIBERIAS 1952

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Location

City

Tiberias [טבריהطبريا]

County

Region

Northern [מחוז הצפון ; منطقة الشمال]

Country

Israel

Ancient place

Tiberias

Lat/Long/Alt

32.7844 / 35.5428 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was discovered 100 m east of Qaṣr Bint el-Melek in the ancient city of Tiberias.

Information

7704

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7704

Hoard name

TIBERIAS 1952

Alternative names

טְבֶרְיָה, طبرية; TIBERIAS I‎‎

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1952

Total number of coins

218

Summary

The hoard comprised 218 Syrian tetradrachms from the reigns of Nero to Hadrian.

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

2.5
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Israel Antiquities Authority (208: IAA 28249-28456)
Finder(s)

Mr. Bezalel Ravani (Regional Guard at Tiberias)
Closing reign (earliest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (earliest)

117
Closing reign (latest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (latest)

119
Opening year (earliest)

59
Opening year (latest)

60
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Rating comment

Some coin level data available in Hamburger 1959.
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1952
Date of excavation (to)

1952
Site comment

During a salvage excavation "the diggers came upon the corner of a wall, probably in a room in a house, with a floor of beaten earth. Immediately below this floor and at the corner of the wall a worker discovered a broken jar filled with coins" (Hamburger 1959, 133).
Recovery method

Trial trench
Site class

Urban

Context

Domestic building

Depositional context

Floor

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

The hoard was discovered within a broken jar. Probably ceramic but not stated. The jar is now lost.

References

Reference

Hamburger, H. - 1959 - A Hoard of Syrian Tetradrachms from Tiberias

Ref

133-145

Reference

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

Ref

No. 42

Reference

RPC I

Ref

p. 611, no. 8

Reference

Waner, M. - 1998 - Roman and Byzantine Coin Hoards From the Land of Israel. Catalogue and Analysis (in Hebrew)

Reference

RPC II

Ref

p. 274, no. 6

Reference

Waner, M. and Safrai, Z. - 2001 - A Catalogue of Coin Hoards and the Shelf Life of Coins in Palestine Hoards during the Roman and Byzantine Periods

Ref

No. 64

Comment

"Tiberias II"

Reference

RPC III

Ref

p. 436

J. Goldman (February 2017). IAA R.10 "Tiberias and Hammat I". Updated by C. Gazdac (Mar. 2022). RPC reference added by M. Spoerri and coin information updated (Aug. 2022).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

TIBERIAS 1952

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

The hoard was discovered within a broken jar. Probably ceramic but not stated. The jar is now lost.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

TIBERIAS 1952

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

The hoard was discovered within a broken jar. Probably ceramic but not stated. The jar is now lost.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire