ID
8190
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Hoard name
ABLITAS
Data type
Hoard
Date of discovery (from)
1925
Total number of coins
104
Summary
Around the 1920s, a hoard of numerous Iberian and Hispano-Roman bronzes was discovered in the Navarrese municipality of Ablitas. Only 104 pieces of a treasure that may once have contained several hundred coins could be documented, and its current whereabouts are unknown. Iberian asses from the mints of Bilbilis and Kelse (ACIP 1573–1579 and 1483) were recovered, along with provincial asses from Bilbilis (RPC I 391 and 392), Caesar Augusta (RPC I 305, 307, 308, 309, 314, 322/9, and 328), Calagurris (RPC I 433/4, 434, 435, 440/11, and 441), Lepida Celsa (RPC I 263, 264, 270, and 272), Osca (RPC I 296), and Turiaso (RPC I 403). The vast majority of the pieces were minted during the reign of Augustus. On a qualitative level, the presence of Hispanic-Latin bronze coinage suggests a monetary mass put into circulation by the Hispanic cities to meet their economic and everyday needs. Other hoards containing bronze coins of this type from the reign of Augustus exhibit the same pattern (Alconchel de la Estrella, Cortijo de Juan Gómez Montemolín, and Yunquera). However, Ablitas, due to the wear on all its pieces, may originally have been hidden under Tiberius, even though it contains no coins of that emperor.
