DURA EUROPOS 3 AND 4

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Location

City

Al-Salihiyah

County

Region

Deir ez-Zor

Country

Syria

Ancient place

Dura Europos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dura-Europos

Lat/Long/Alt

34.747 / 40.73 / 224.28 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

9800

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/9800

Hoard name

DURA EUROPOS 3 AND 4

Alternative names

Al-Salihiyah

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

5 Nov 1930

Total number of coins

402

Summary

A hoard of 402 silver coins: 31 tetradrachms (Marcus Aurelius - Macrinus), 370 denarii (Nero - Caracalla) and one tridrachm (Trajan) found in two jars at Dura Europos.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Yale University
Finder(s)

Yale University, French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters
Closing reign (earliest)

Macrinus
Terminal year (earliest)

217
Closing reign (latest)

Macrinus
Terminal year (latest)

218
Opening year (earliest)

54
Opening year (latest)

68
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Associated features

Two jars of coins found in the southwest part of the priest's house, beside the temples of Atargatis and Artemis.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Urban

Context

Domestic building, Temple or shrine

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

References

Reference

Bellinger, A. R. - 1932 - The third and fourth Dura hoards

Reference

Bellinger, A.R. - 1949 - The excavations at Dura-Europos. Final report, The Coins

Ref

pp. 167-169

Reference

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

Ref

p. 275 no. 37

R. Bennett October 2017. Coin-level data (denarii; Trajan-Commodus) added by M. Ball (August 2022). Updated by M. Spoerri (May 2023).

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Jar

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DURA EUROPOS 3 AND 4

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Jar

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