ANTAKYA 1981

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Location

City

Antakya

County

Hatay

Region

Mediterranean

Country

Turkey

Ancient place

Antiochia (Syria)

Lat/Long/Alt

36.202 / 36.161 / 85.09 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Found near Antakya, but the precise findspot is unknown.

Information

8783

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8783

Hoard name

ANTAKYA 1981

Alternative names

Antioch

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1981

Total number of coins

2000

Summary

A hoard of mostly FEL TEMP REPARATIO coins of Constantius II, Constans and Gallus, also including a single specimen of Constantine I, believed to have originally contained over 2000 coins of which 606 were examined by the British Museum dating to c. 354.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Comment

606 coins were examined by the British Museum
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (earliest)

354
Closing reign (latest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (latest)

354
Opening year (earliest)

314
Opening year (latest)

314
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Good
Rating comment

The 606 specimens seen by the British Museum are fully published, but the rest of the find is dispersed. 18 specimens are illustrated.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Period

Uncertain
End period

Uncertain

References

Reference

1985 - Coin Hoards: volume VII

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p. 209-229 no. 318

R. Bennett (March 2017). Coin-level information added by M. Spencer-Brown (August 2021). Updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2022).

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