BÂRCA 1962

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Location

City

Bârca

County

Dolj

Region

Oltenia

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

43.969 / 23.61 / 41.46 view

Find spot comment

NE from the village, near the woods

Information

7744

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7744

Hoard name

BÂRCA 1962

Alternative names

BÎRCA III

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1962

Total number of coins

1931

Summary

The hoard comprises 1,931 denarii and antoniniani (radiates) from Vespasian to Philip I, as well as a single drachm of Geta from Caesarea in Cappadocia. Found with a ceramic vessel.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Museum of Oltenia, Craiova, Romania (inv.nos. 3557/1-1918; 29150-29195)
Closing reign (earliest)

Philip I
Terminal year (earliest)

244
Closing reign (latest)

Philip I
Terminal year (latest)

249
Opening year (earliest)

69
Opening year (latest)

79
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

20 cm height. Destroyed at the moment of discovery.

References

Reference

Petolescu, C.M. - 1990 - Al patrulea tezaur monetar decoperit la Bârca (jud. Dolj)

Ref

17-34

Reference

Depeyrot, G. and Moisil, D. - 2008 - Les trésors de deniers et d'antoniniens de Gordien III à Aurélien en Roumanie

Ref

63-82; no. 32

Added by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016); edited by P.Walton (16.8.16). Coin-level data (Trajan-Didius Julianus) provided by M. Ball (Jan. 22).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BÂRCA 1962

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

20 cm height. Destroyed at the moment of discovery.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BÂRCA 1962

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

20 cm height. Destroyed at the moment of discovery.

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire