CASTRO DE ALVARELHOS 1971

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Location

City

Alvarelhos

County

Porto

Region

Norte

Country

Portugal

Lat/Long/Alt

41.300908199429 / -8.6184311021301 / 181.3 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

8193

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8193

Hoard name

CASTRO DE ALVARELHOS 1971

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

May 1971

Total number of coins

5000

Summary

The hoard is incomplete, but the coins documented was 3481 republican and imperial denarii. Hoard dated in 27 BC. Originally, there were 5000 denarii and 9 silver balls found with ceramic vessel.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Disposition

Dispersed
Comment

Stone extraction in a quarry.
Closing reign (earliest)

Augustus
Terminal year (earliest)

-31
Closing reign (latest)

Augustus
Terminal year (latest)

-27
Opening year (earliest)

-211
Opening year (latest)

-211
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Military

Context

Hillfort

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Silver ball
Seven silver balls

Silver ball
Two inscribed silver balls: CAESAR

References

Reference

Centeno, R.M.S. - 1987 - Circulação monétaria no Noroeste de Hispania até 192

Ref

45-55; no. 21

Reference

Martínez Chico, D. - 2020 - Los tesoros imperiales de Hispania

Ref

50-51; no. 7

David Martínez Chico (26/11/2016). Updated by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2021).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CASTRO DE ALVARELHOS 1971

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Silver ball
Seven silver balls

Silver ball
Two inscribed silver balls: CAESAR

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CASTRO DE ALVARELHOS 1971

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Silver ball Seven silver balls

Silver ball Two inscribed silver balls: CAESAR

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Silver ball
Seven silver balls

Silver ball
Two inscribed silver balls: CAESAR