SHEICH-ZUEID

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Location

City

Sheikh Zuweid [الشيخ زويد]

County

Sheikh Zuweid [الشيخ زويد]

Region

North Sinai Governorate [محافظة شمال سيناء]

Country

Egypt

Ancient place

Bitylion

Lat/Long/Alt

31.2204 / 34.0988 / 99 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

7822

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7822

Hoard name

SHEICH-ZUEID

Alternative names

Bitylion; Sheik Zweid; الشيخ زويد

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

(to)

1975

Total number of coins

845

Summary

The hoard comprised around 845 provincial bronze coins from the reigns of Trajan to Philip I. 40 of them are now in the Israel museum, the rest was dispersed.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Israel Museum (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Philip I
Terminal year (earliest)

244
Closing reign (latest)

Philip I
Terminal year (latest)

249
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

1975 - Coin Hoards: volume I

Ref

34, no. 124

Comment

With only number of coins per city, not by emperor. 845 coins.

Reference

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

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. 123

Comment

"Sheik Zweid" 850 AE

J. Goldman (August 2016). Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2022). Ancient place name added (M. Spoerri, May 2022). Updated by M. Spoerri (Nov. 2022 / April 2024).

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