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OSIJEK 1897

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Location

City

Osijek

County

Osijek

Region

Osijek-Baranja

Country

Croatia

Ancient place

Mursa

Lat/Long/Alt

45.555 / 18.696 / 88.76 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Uncertain exact location.

Information

ID

8069

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8069

Hoard name

OSIJEK 1897

Alternative names

MVRSA II, ESSEGG II; Mursa

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Mar 1897

(to)

Jun 1897

Total number of coins

13

Summary

13 aurei: Elagabalus - Severus Alexander and silver coins of Gordian III (AD 238-244).

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Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

Unknown.
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Uncertain; dispersed
Finder(s)

Workers
Comment

Found in the spring of 1897 by workers while paving a road. Contains jewellery, too. One coin sold before the hoard reached the museum. It is included in the catalogue. Unknown number of silver coins of Gordian III.
Closing reign (earliest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (earliest)

238
Closing reign (latest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (latest)

244
Opening year (earliest)

218
Opening year (latest)

218
Coin-level data

Entered

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Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Objects belonging to this hoard

Gold ring with gem
The elliptical gold ring has an intaglio agate, 7 mm. The stone has engraved a legionary eagle, who stands to the left, holds a wreath in his beak, and looks backwards.

Irregular shape gold piece

References

Celestin, V. - 1897 - Nalazak zlatnih novaca u Osijeku

Ref

497-500

Reference

Celestin, V. - 1899 - Goldmünzenfund in Essegg

Ref

525-526

Reference

Mirnik, I. A. - 1981 - Coin hoards in Yugoslavia

Ref

67, no. 199

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

173

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2016); coin level data G. Green (October 2017). Updated by Ž. Zupan (September 2020). Updated by C. Gazdac (Dec. 2021).