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AȚEL

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Location

City

Ațel

County

Sibiu

Region

Transylvania

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

46.157 / 24.479 / 386.4 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Between the villages of Vețel and Dupuș.

Information

ID

9170

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/9170

Hoard name

AȚEL

Alternative names

Hetzeldorf, Ecel

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1905

Total number of coins

376

Summary

376 silver coins from Elagabalus to Gordian III (AD 238-244). Found in a cooking pot together with silver brooches, bracelets, fingerings, chain.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, Romania; mixed with the rest of museum collection; National History Museum of Romania, Bucharest; jewelry.
Finder(s)

Pitters, Regina
Comment

In a vineyard, between the villages of Vețel and Dupuș
Closing reign (earliest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (earliest)

238
Closing reign (latest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (latest)

244
Opening year (earliest)

218
Opening year (latest)

222
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Grey cooking pot

Destroy at the time of discovery. Only the bottom was preserved. Grey paste.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Fibula
Anchor fibula

Fibula
Anchor fibula

Hinge fibula, "T"-shape

Bracelet

Finger ring
Gemstone of red carnelian.

Chain
Chain with pendant of silver disc with filigree ornamentation

Bracelet

Fibula
Anchor fibula, now lost

Finger ring
Gemstone of red carnelian

References

Suciu, V. - 2000 - Tezaure monetare din Dacia romană și postromană

Ref

23; no. 13

Reference

Depeyrot, G. and Moisil, D. - 2008 - Les trésors de deniers et d'antoniniens de Gordien III à Aurélien en Roumanie

Ref

10; no. 2

Reference

Spânu, D. - 2015 - Pe urmele tezaurului de la Ațel. Scurtă contribuție la studiul fibulelor ancoră din Dacia romană

Ref

235-263

Uploaded by Cristian Gazdac (June 2017).