AGIOS SERGIOS - SALAMIS ZEUS TEMPLE

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Location

City

Agios Sergios [Άγιος Σέργιος; Yeni Boğaziçi]

County

Famagusta [Gazimağusa]

Region

Country

Cyprus

Ancient place

Salamis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamis,_Cyprus

Lat/Long/Alt

35.18369342105 / 33.90123238898 / 7.6 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

9822

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/9822

Hoard name

AGIOS SERGIOS - SALAMIS ZEUS TEMPLE

Alternative names

Salamis 1974 B

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

11 Jun 1974

(to)

11 Jun 1974

Total number of coins

Summary

27 coins found together in a roll (un petit rouleau de monnaies soudées ensemble par l'oxydation) next to the wall of the temple of Zeus, in Salamis. 26 silver issues of Cyprus (Vespasian to Titus) and 1 bronze coin (Berytus).

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Discovery depth (m)

0.40
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Titus
Terminal year (earliest)

79
Closing reign (latest)

Titus
Terminal year (latest)

80
Opening year (earliest)

76
Opening year (latest)

77
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Excellent

Date of excavation (from)

1974
Date of excavation (to)

1974
Site comment

"dans une couche profonde du sondage pratiqué le long du mur oriental du temple de Zeus"
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Urban

Context

Temple or shrine

Depositional context

Destruction deposit

References

Reference

Helly, B. - 1980 - Monnaies de Vespasien frappées à Chypre

Ref

293-311

Comment

Full list of the coins with references

Reference

1981 - Coin Hoards: volume VI

Ref

p. 17, no. 51

Reference

RPC II

Ref

p. 261, no. 3

Reference

Parks, D.A. - 2004 - The Roman coinage of Cyprus

Ref

149-150

M. Spoerri (Oct. 2017; Aug. 2022). Updated by C. Gazdac (Jan.; July 2022).

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