ARIASSUS

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Turkey

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No coordinates given, as the findspot is unknown.

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8565

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8565

Hoard name

ARIASSUS

Alternative names

Ariassos; Burdur

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1968

Total number of coins

206

Summary

A hoard of 206 bronze coins, 166 of which were from Pisidia (131 from Ariassus alone), probably deposited c. 24 BC, seen in the Bazar in Istanbul and now in the Istanbul museum.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Istanbul
Closing reign (earliest)

Augustus
Terminal year (earliest)

-25
Closing reign (latest)

Augustus
Terminal year (latest)

-24
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

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Reference

CoinHoards.org

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http://coinhoards.org/id/igch1420

References

Reference

Olcay, N. - 1969 - Ariassus definesi / The Ariassus Hoard (Turkish and English)

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289-304

Reference

IGCH

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1420

Reference

1975 - Coin Hoards: volume I

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109

Reference

Aulock, Hans von - 1977 - Münzen und Städte Pisidiens I

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Comment

with a list of coins by city (207 coins), and bibliographical references.

Reference

RPC I

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p. 538

Comment

Noting that the identification and datating of the coins given to Augustus and Livia (year 2 of the province of Galatia), based on the presence of one of them in the Ariassus hoard is not certain.

Uploaded by R. Bennett (Feb. 2018). RPC reference added by M. Spoerri (August 2022), updated April 2024.

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