AUGUSTA EMERITA 1992

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Location

City

Mérida

Address

Calle Morería

County

Badajoz

Region

Extremadura

Country

Spain

Lat/Long/Alt

38.916530383121 / -6.3485915251337 / 213.1 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

17559

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Hoard name

AUGUSTA EMERITA 1992

Alternative names

Mérida

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1992

Total number of coins

Summary

An unknown number of bronze coins found glued together in a pit under a floor. Among issuers Domitian and Hadrian

Details
Coins Summary
Coins
Rating
Archaeological context
Containers
Objects
References
Reports
Images
Credit

Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified)
Land Use

Built over
Closing reign (earliest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (earliest)

117
Closing reign (latest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (latest)

138
Opening year (earliest)

81
Opening year (latest)

96
Coin-level data

Not available

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1992
Date of excavation (to)

1992
Site comment

Insula V, trench 18, under a beaten earth pavement, in a small hole made to hide the coins.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Urban

Context

Domestic building

Depositional context

Pit

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bag?

Not found, but a brooch pin was found with the coins. Presumed to serve to keep the textile bag closed.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Brooch pin
Used to close the bag that held the coins.

References

Reference

Martínez Chico, D. - 2020 - Los tesoros imperiales de Hispania

Ref

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Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2021).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

AUGUSTA EMERITA 1992

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bag?

Not found, but a brooch pin was found with the coins. Presumed to serve to keep the textile bag closed.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Brooch pin
Used to close the bag that held the coins.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

AUGUSTA EMERITA 1992

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bag?

Not found, but a brooch pin was found with the coins. Presumed to serve to keep the textile bag closed.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Brooch pin Used to close the bag that held the coins.

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Brooch pin
Used to close the bag that held the coins.