ANTAKYA 1935

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Location

City

Antioch

County

Hatay

Region

Mediterranean

Country

Turkey

Ancient place

Antiochia (Syria)

Lat/Long/Alt

36.202 / 36.161 / -198.74 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The exact provenance is unknown. The hoard was discovered near Antioch.

Information

8062

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8062

Hoard name

ANTAKYA 1935

Alternative names

Antioch

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1935

Total number of coins

350

Summary

The hoard comprised 350 silver coins dating between the reigns of Nero and Trebonianus Gallus. This includes 10 denarii, 3 coins attributed to Caesarea in Cappadocia, and 227 Syrian tetradrachms, listed by Metcalf (= 240 coins, often quoted as the total number of coins of this hoard).

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Credit

Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Dispersed. E.T Newell (27); Yale University (8)
Comment

E. T. Newell possessed rubbings of 252 specimens and a photo of the container (now at the library of the American Numismatic Society), later recorded by Metcalf.
Closing reign (earliest)

Trebonianus Gallus
Terminal year (earliest)

251
Closing reign (latest)

Trebonianus Gallus
Terminal year (latest)

253
Opening year (earliest)

54
Opening year (latest)

68
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Terracotta Vase

References

Reference

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

Ref

p. 27, no. 56

Comment

'350 AR coin', with Gallienus as the latest emperor, which is unlikely.

Reference

Metcalf, W.E. - 1975 - The Tell Kalak hoard and Trajan's Arabian mint

Ref

p. 92, n. 16

Reference

Bland, R. - 1991 - Six hoards of Syrian tetradrachms of the third century A.D.

Ref

p. 3, no. 3

Comment

raising the possibility that these coins could have belonged to two different hoards, one closing with Hadrian and the other raging from Caracalla to Trebonianus Gallus

Reference

RPC II

Ref

p. 274, no. 9

Reference

Butcher, K. - 2004 - Coinage in Roman Syria: Northern Syria, 64 BC - AD 253

Ref

p. 276 no. 43

Reference

RPC III

Ref

p. 437

Reference

Bland, R. - 2023 - The Coinage of Gordian III from the Mints of Antioch and Caesarea

Ref

pp. 453-4, Hoard J

J. Goldman (14.10.16), revised by R. Bennett (15.09.17). Updated by M. Spoerri (Aug. 2022).

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Containers belonging to this hoard

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