TRANS-JORDAN

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Jordan

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Unknown / uncertain find spot

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No coordinates given, as the findspot is unknown.

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8873

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8873

Hoard name

TRANS-JORDAN

Alternative names

Transjordan; Amman

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

(to)

1991

Total number of coins

124

Summary

A hoard of 124 Syrian tetradrachms, ranging from Elagabalus to Trebonianus Gallus, said to have been purchased in Amman and seen in Baldwin's in Oct. 1991.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

British Museum (at least part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Trebonianus Gallus
Terminal year (earliest)

251
Closing reign (latest)

Trebonianus Gallus
Terminal year (latest)

253
Opening year (earliest)

218
Opening year (latest)

222
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Bland, R. - 1991 - A Hoard of Syrian Tetradrachms of the Third Century AD from Trans-Jordan

Ref

81-88

Reference

Waner, M. - 1998 - Roman and Byzantine Coin Hoards From the Land of Israel. Catalogue and Analysis (in Hebrew)

Reference

Prieur, M. and Prieur, K. - 2000 - A type corpus of the Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and their fractions from 57 BC to AD 253

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p. 203

Reference

Waner, M. and Safrai, Z. - 2001 - A Catalogue of Coin Hoards and the Shelf Life of Coins in Palestine Hoards during the Roman and Byzantine Periods

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No. 65

Comment

"Trans-Jordan I"

Reference

Butcher, K. - 2004 - Coinage in Roman Syria: Northern Syria, 64 BC - AD 253

Ref

p. 277 no. 47a

J. Goldman (May 2017), with additions R. Bennett (September 2017). Updated by M. Spoerri (Nov. 2022 / July 2024).

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