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CAESAREA 1980 ?

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Location

City

Kayseri

County

Region

Kayseri

Country

Turkey

Ancient place

Caesarea in Cappadocia

Lat/Long/Alt

38.72 / 35.483 / 1056.48 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

8772

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8772

Hoard name

CAESAREA 1980 ?

Alternative names

Cappadocian Find; Sor; Metcalf hoard; Münchner Fundkomplex

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1980

Total number of coins

1973

Summary

A hoard of 2000+ silver coins (mainly Cappadocian didrachms, drachms and hemidrachms; two Lycian drachms; c.100 denarii) deposited c. 185 and found in four bronze pots in the village of Sor, near Kayseri. It was dispersed in several batches in the art trade. A large portion was published by W. Metcalf (932 coins) and another by W. Weiser (178 coins, the 'Münchner Fundkomplex'). In addition, 140 coins were recorded in Paris in 1980 (RPC III, p. 376). They consisted in 26 denarii (Vespasian - Marcus Aurelius), and 114 coins from Caesarea (Vespasian - Commodus)

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

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Coins Summary
Coins
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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

dispersed
Comment

Dispersed by the Antiquities trade. Rumours that the find included coins of Septimius Severus are unproven.
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

183
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

185
Opening year (earliest)

14
Opening year (latest)

37
Coin-level data

Available to enter

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

Only 1,110 coins out of a total of 2,000 have been published.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

End period

Bronze Age

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Pot

Pot

Pot

References

Reference

Weiser, W. - 1984 - Ein Teil eines umfangreichen Fundes kappadokischer Silbermünzen der römischen Kaiserzeit.

Comment

Full publication of the 'Kölner Fundkomplex': 136 drachms, 38 hemidrachms and 4 Roman denarii, ranging from Tiberius to Antoninus Pius.

Reference

1985 - Coin Hoards: volume VII

Ref

p. 34-35 no. 156

Reference

Bland, R. - 1996 - The Bronze Coinage of Gordian III from Caesarea in Cappadocia

Ref

p. 65 (d)

Comment

ref., brief list of content reproducing information from CH VII

Reference

Metcalf, W. E. - 1996 - The silver coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus

Comment

Full publication of 931 didrachms of Caesarea (ranging from Vespasian to Commodus) and one denarius of Domitian.

Reference

Ref

p. 238-9

Reference

Ref

p. 376, no. 4

R. Bennett (March 2017). Updated by M. Spoerri (Aug. 2022).