TABURABAT

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Location

City

Tahirabat

County

Çorum

Region

West Black Sea

Country

Turkey

Lat/Long/Alt

40.189938081528 / 34.669435801979 / 921.25 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

8195

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8195

Hoard name

TABURABAT

Alternative names

Tahirabat

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1961

Total number of coins

3432

Summary

3,432 late Roman bronze coins - nummi - ranging in date from Constantine I to Marcian. Of these only 342 were deemed in a suitable condition to be recorded in the museum inventory. The weight of each coin in this sample varies between 1- 2.5g, with the majority being around 2g.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey
Comment

Found in pottery vessel in a field near the village of Taburabat during ploughing.
Closing reign (earliest)

Marcian
Terminal year (earliest)

450
Closing reign (latest)

Marcian
Terminal year (latest)

457
Opening year (earliest)

335
Opening year (latest)

337
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

On account of the poor condition of the majority of the coins only 342 were added to the museum inventory and of these only the details of 48 were published including LRBC numbers.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

No further information is recorded about the vessel.

References

Reference

Arslan, M. - 1987 - Taburabat definesi Arcadius devri sikkeleri

Ref

45-50

Reference

Arslan, M. - 1988 - Taburabat definesi Roma devri sikkeleri

Ref

156-167

Reference

Arslan, M. - 1991 - The Taburabat hoard

Ref

43-55

Uploaded by R. Bennett (Nov. 2016). Entered coins and updated by C. Gazdac (April 2017; Aug. 2022).

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