KOM AUSHIM A147

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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

29.51983 / 30.90204 / 25.83 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

7982

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7982

Hoard name

KOM AUSHIM A147

Alternative names

Karanis 1933-34, hoard 23

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1933

(to)

1934

Total number of coins

1486

Summary

1,486 tetradrahms of Alexandria: Aurelian - Diocletian-Maximian (AD 295-296) in a disintegrated cloth bag on the floor of underground room J during excavations of a house.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Ann Arbor
Closing reign (earliest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (earliest)

295
Closing reign (latest)

Maximian (RIC V)
Terminal year (latest)

296
Opening year (earliest)

272
Opening year (latest)

273
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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1933
Date of excavation (to)

1934
Site comment

In a disintegrated cloth bag on the floor of underground room J during excavations of a house.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Domestic building, Room

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cloth bag

Desintegrated

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

48-51, hoard 23

Reference

Bruun, P. - 1978 - Site finds and hoarding behaviour

Ref

114

Reference

Dauwe, R.B.F. - 1981 - Coins circulating in Egypt during the last quarter of the third century A.D.

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Reference

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

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127, no. A 147

Reference

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

Ref

234-242

Hoard created by Th. Faucher (Aug. 2016). Bibliography updated by M. Spoerri (May 2022). Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2022).

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KOM AUSHIM A147

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cloth bag

Desintegrated

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KOM AUSHIM A147

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cloth bag

Desintegrated

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