SARDIS

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Location

City

Sart

County

Manisa

Region

Aegean

Country

Turkey

Ancient place

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

Lat/Long/Alt

38.488 / 28.04 / 110.93 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Found in the synagogue, part of the gymnasium-bath complex of Sardis.

Information

8458

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8458

Hoard name

SARDIS

Alternative names

Sardes; Sartmahmut; Sart

Data type

Single gold coin

Date of discovery (from)

1963

Total number of coins

Summary

A single gold solidus of Theodosius II (AD 408-450) from the synagogue in Sardis.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Finder(s)

Harvard and Cornell Universities' Expedition
Closing reign (earliest)

Theodosius II
Terminal year (earliest)

408
Closing reign (latest)

Theodosius II
Terminal year (latest)

450
Opening year (earliest)

408
Opening year (latest)

450
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Good

Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Urban

Context

Temple or shrine

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

No Author - 1963 - A Solidus of Theodosius II discovered in the ruins of a synagogue at Sardis--New Coin Finds

Reference

T. V. Buttrey – A. Johnston – K. M. Mackenzie – M. L. Bates - 1981 - Archaeological Exploration of Sardis VII: Greek, Roman, and Islamic Coins from Sardis

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p. 190, no. 944

J. Goldman (Jan. 17), updated by M. Spoerri (June 2022).

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