LOS CIPRESES

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Location

City

Jumilla

County

Murcia

Region

Murcia

Country

Spain

Lat/Long/Alt

38.459402594475 / -1.3247947887293 / 475.2 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The villa of Los Cipreses sits at an altitude of 475 m on a wide river terrace formed by deposits of clay and alluvium corresponding to the fertile plain of El Prado, near Jumilla, highlighting among the water resources the Rambla del Judío, which runs along just 700 m west of the settlement.

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17723

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Hoard name

LOS CIPRESES

Alternative names

Jumilla

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2009

Total number of coins

Summary

During the archaeological excavations at the Roman villa of 'Los Cipreses' a set of five jugs was found. One of them contained 52 nummi: Constantine I - House of Valentinian I (AD 364-378).

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified)
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Museo Arqueológico Jerónimo Molina, Jumilla, Spain
Closing reign (earliest)

House of Valentinian
Terminal year (earliest)

364
Closing reign (latest)

House of Valentinian
Terminal year (latest)

378
Opening year (earliest)

320
Opening year (latest)

321
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Date of excavation (from)

2009
Date of excavation (to)

2009
Site comment

The rooms located on the northeast sector of the domestic area of the villa, 8 rooms, 3 of them paved with mosaics of opus tessellatum.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Villa

Depositional context

Room

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

The jug is made of orange clay and consists of a handle, an exvassed edge, a piri-shaped body, and an annular base, fitting, from a typological and material point of view, into the set of ceramics of local tradition produced in the town itself. Arias Ferrer et al. , p. 79, fig. 1

References

Reference

Arias Ferrer, L., Antolinos Marín, J.A. and Noguera Celdrán, J.M. - 2011 - Un conjunto numismático de época bajoimperial procedente de la villa de “Los Cipreses”

Ref

77-109

Reference

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

Ref

413-415; no. 292

URI 1

URI 2

Comment

Arias Ferrer et al., p. 79, fig. 2

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

LOS CIPRESES

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

The jug is made of orange clay and consists of a handle, an exvassed edge, a piri-shaped body, and an annular base, fitting, from a typological and material point of view, into the set of ceramics of local tradition produced in the town itself. Arias Ferrer et al. , p. 79, fig. 1

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

LOS CIPRESES

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

The jug is made of orange clay and consists of a handle, an exvassed edge, a piri-shaped body, and an annular base, fitting, from a typological and material point of view, into the set of ceramics of local tradition produced in the town itself. Arias Ferrer et al. , p. 79, fig. 1

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire