UMM QAIS

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Location

City

Umm Qais [أم قيس]

County

Bani Kinanah [بني كنانة]

Region

Irbid [إربد]

Country

Jordan

Ancient place

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

Lat/Long/Alt

32.655720892432 / 35.678189049853 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

8135

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8135

Hoard name

UMM QAIS

Alternative names

Umm Qeis, قيس‎‎, Gadara, Gedara

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1930

Total number of coins

Summary

Four gold coins (Antoninus Pius to Caracalla), found by a farmer from the village of Umm Qeis (anc. Gadara), and seen by the archaeologist Paul Ilton.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Closing reign (earliest)

Caracalla
Terminal year (earliest)

201
Closing reign (latest)

Caracalla
Terminal year (latest)

211
Opening year (earliest)

153
Opening year (latest)

154
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Ilton, P. - 1959 - Digging in the Holy Land

Ref

189-206

Comment

with ill. p. 97

Reference

Kadman, L. - 1967 - The Monetary Development in Palestine in the Light of Coin Hoards

Ref

p. 321 and no. 43

Reference

Waner, M. - 1998 - Roman and Byzantine Coin Hoards From the Land of Israel. Catalogue and Analysis (in Hebrew)

Ref

Table 1, no. 21

Comment

with reference to Kadman 1967, no. 43.

Reference

Waner, M. and Safrai, Z. - 2001 - A Catalogue of Coin Hoards and the Shelf Life of Coins in Palestine Hoards during the Roman and Byzantine Periods

Ref

No. 21

Comment

"Gadara (Um Keis)"

J. Goldman (03.11.16). Information updated by M. Spoerri (Jan. 2024). Updated by C. Gazdac and coin data level (Jan. 2024). Updated by M. Spoerri (Jan. 2024).

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