QAW EL-KEBIR A157

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Location

City

Qaw el-Kebir

County

Region

Asyut [ أسيوط ]

Country

Egypt

Ancient place

Antaiopolis/Tkoou

Lat/Long/Alt

26.9 / 31.517 / 59.5 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

7994

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7994

Hoard name

QAW EL-KEBIR A157

Alternative names

Qau el-Kebir

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1923

(to)

1924

Total number of coins

2747

Summary

2747 bronze coins, ranging from the 4th century BC (Neandria) to Basiliscus (AD 475-476), found in a small pot during the excavations lead by G. Brunton at Qaw el-Kebir, south of Asyut. Most of the coins were late Roman nummi, with some Ptolemaic and Alexandrian bronzes and coins from Aksum. 1,264 coins were barbaric imitations or casts.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Desert
Finder(s)

Guy Brunton
Closing reign (earliest)

Basiliscus
Terminal year (earliest)

475
Closing reign (latest)

Basiliscus
Terminal year (latest)

476
Opening year (earliest)

-400
Opening year (latest)

-300
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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Date of excavation (from)

1923
Date of excavation (to)

1924
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

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Jar

References

Reference

Milne J. G. - 1926 - The currency of Egypt in the fifth century

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p. 43

Comment

'Qau-el-Kebir hoard'

Reference

Milne, J.G. - 1926 - Feudal currency in Roman Egypt

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p. 5

Reference

Noe, S.P. - 1937 - A Bibliography of Greek Coin Hoards (2nd ed.)

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845

Reference

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

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A 157, p. 130

Reference

Ford, M. - 2000 - The coin hoards of late Roman/early Byzantine Egypt from the reform of Diocletianus to the reform of Anastasius, AD 294-491

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AE 27 (p. 358)

Reference

Noeske, H.-C. - 2000 - Münzfunde aus Ägypten I: die Münzfunde des ägyptischen Pilgerzentrums Abu Mina und die Vergleichsfunde aus den Diocesen Aegyptus und Oriens vom 4.-8. Jh. n. Chr.

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vol. II, pp. 365-382

Hoard created by Th. Faucher (Aug. 2016). Irene Soto Marín dataset (coin-level info). Bibliography inserted by M. Spoerri (May 2022). Coin-level info prepared for import by J. Smith, imported by M. Spoerri (Aug. 2022). Hoard-level info added by J. Smith (Nov. 2022).

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