KUMBALAM

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Location

City

Kumbalam

County

Ernakulam

Region

Kerala

Country

India

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9.9 / 76.31 / 10 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

18046

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Hoard name

KUMBALAM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1974

Total number of coins

Summary

Hoard of nine aurei found in a ceramic vessel: Hadrian, Antoninus Pius 3, Antoninus Pius (Diva Faustina I) 1, Marcus Aurelius 4 (AD 177-178).

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

In use as a building
Disposition

Numismatic Study Centre, Nedumangadu
Finder(s)

Nanbiyarattu Azeez
Closing reign (earliest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (earliest)

177
Closing reign (latest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (latest)

178
Opening year (earliest)

130
Opening year (latest)

133
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

pot

"Nine aurei were reported from a buried pot" (Satyamurthy 2011: 14).

References

Reference

Peter Berghaus - 1993 - Roman Aurei from Kumbalam, Ernakulam District, Kerala

Reference

Satyamurthy, T. - 2011 - Catalogue of Roman gold coins : in the collections of Department of Archaeology, Kerala

Ref

p. 14, 40, 43, 44, 61, 63, 66

E. Smagur (2021). Updated by C. Gazdac (June 2022).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

KUMBALAM

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Containers belonging to this hoard

pot

"Nine aurei were reported from a buried pot" (Satyamurthy 2011: 14).

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KUMBALAM

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Containers belonging to this hoard

pot

"Nine aurei were reported from a buried pot" (Satyamurthy 2011: 14).

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire