KOM AUSHIM A88

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Location

City

Kom Aushim [كوم أوشيم]

County

Region

Faiyum [الفيوم]

Country

Egypt

Ancient place

Karanis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karanis

Lat/Long/Alt

29.51977 / 30.90198 / 25.83 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

7868

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7868

Hoard name

KOM AUSHIM A88

Alternative names

Karanis 1933-34, hoard 30A

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1933

(to)

1934

Total number of coins

Summary

40 billon tetradrachms of Alexandria: Hadrian - VAlerian I and Gallienus (AD 257-258) found at floor level of a room during excavations of a house.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

34 coins in Ann Arbor, the rest in various Egyptian museums
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

257
Closing reign (latest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (latest)

258
Opening year (earliest)

132
Opening year (latest)

133
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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Date of excavation (from)

1933
Date of excavation (to)

1934
Site comment

Found at floor level of a room during excavations of a house.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Domestic building

Depositional context

Floor

References

Reference

Numismatist - 1934

Ref

478

Reference

Haatvedt, R. A., Peterson, E. E. and Husselman, E. M. - 1964 - Coins from Karanis : the University of Michigan excavations, 1924-1935

Ref

70, hoard 30 A

Reference

Christiansen, E. - 1985 - The Roman coins of Alexandria. An inventory of hoards

Ref

110, no. A 88

Reference

Noeske, H.-C. - 2006 - Münzfunde aus Ägypten II. Die griechisch-römischen Münzfunde aus dem Fayum

Ref

86-87

Hoard created by Th. Faucher (Aug. 2016). Deleted the ”orphan” reference title, C. Gazdac (Jul. 2017). Updated (bibliography) by M. Spoerri (May 2022). Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2022).

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