STOBI 2005

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Location

City

Gradsko

County

Rosoman

Region

Vardar

Country

North Macedonia

Ancient place

Stobi

Lat/Long/Alt

41.553 / 21.978 / 131.38 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The Roman Forum of Stobi.

Information

9758

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/9758

Hoard name

STOBI 2005

Alternative names

Roman Forum, Stobi; GRADSKO III; STOBI III

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2005

Total number of coins

306

Summary

306 coins: 255 antoniniani (radiates), 50 denarii, 1 sestertius: Antoninus Pius - Gallienus (AD 253-268). Together, were found jewelry: 2 silver rings, 1 pair of gold earrings and 1 gold children’s earring.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Archaeological Museum of North Macedonia
Finder(s)

Archaeologist
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

253
Closing reign (latest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (latest)

260
Opening year (earliest)

138
Opening year (latest)

161
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

2005
Date of excavation (to)

2005
Site comment

The hoard was found within the researched Roman public building with arches. It was discovered in the layer of debris into which the Late Roman graves were dug.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Urban

Context

Forum

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather bag?

"The remains of the ground and the shape of the blind coins themselves showed that the hoard and the jewelry were housed in a leather sack." (Bitrak/Josifovski 2020, 67, n. 1)

References

Reference

Šurbaniska, M. and Jakimovski, A. - 2010 - Forum romanum Stobis. Arheološka i turistička valorizacija na rimskiot grad Stobi, 2007-2008 = Forum romanum Stobis II. Archaeological and tourist valuation of the roman town of Stobi, 2007-2008

Ref

no. 80-89

Reference

Bitrak, S. and Josifovski, P. - 2020 - Hoard of Roman silver coins from the Roman forum in Stobi

Ref

67-117

Updated by Sanja Bitrak (Sep. 2017); updated by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

STOBI 2005

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather bag?

"The remains of the ground and the shape of the blind coins themselves showed that the hoard and the jewelry were housed in a leather sack." (Bitrak/Josifovski 2020, 67, n. 1)

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

STOBI 2005

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather bag?

"The remains of the ground and the shape of the blind coins themselves showed that the hoard and the jewelry were housed in a leather sack." (Bitrak/Josifovski 2020, 67, n. 1)

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