CAESAREA 1968

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Location

City

Caesarea [קֵיסָרְיָה]

County

Region

Haifa [מחוז חיפה‎; منطقة حيفا]

Country

Israel

Ancient place

Caesarea Maritima

Lat/Long/Alt

32.5028 / 34.8823 / 13.16 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

9012

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/9012

Hoard name

CAESAREA 1968

Alternative names

Caesarea Maritima I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Aug 1968

Total number of coins

Summary

39 aurei, of which 38 were documented (Augustus–Trajan), found underwater, 100 m from the shoreline.

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Credit

Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Marine
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan
Terminal year (earliest)

98
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan
Terminal year (latest)

117
Opening year (earliest)

13
Opening year (latest)

14
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

The hoard was found underwater, but no survey took place when it was found by an unnamed diver.
Site class

Marine

Context

Uncertain, Shipwreck

References

Reference

Kindler, A. - 1969 - Hoard of Roman gold coins from the first and second century (sic) CE (in Hebrew)

Comment

Publication of the hoard. BMCRE used as a reference.

Reference

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

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

Ref

No. 54

Comment

"Caesarea Maritima I". The reference to Oestreicher ( 'A contemporary picture of Caesarea's ancient harbour' Israel Numismatic Bulletin 2(2) 1962, 44–7) is erroneous.

J. Goldman (May 2017). updated by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2022). Content information revised by M. Spoerri and coin level information inserted, incl. conversion of references from BMCRE to RIC, based on information provided by D. Ariel (March 2023).

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