HAFT-TAPEH

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Location

City

Haft Tappeh

County

Region

Khuzestan

Country

Iran

Lat/Long/Alt

32.07669 / 48.33122 / 81 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

18904

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Hoard name

HAFT-TAPEH

Alternative names

Susa; Haft Tappeh

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1961

Total number of coins

Summary

86 late-Roman copper coins (Constans - Basiliscus), found in the plain of Susa near the village of Haft-Teppeh. The hoard can be dated to shortly after 476. It was found when a bull-dozer of the Hawaiian Agronomic Company for sugar cane cultivation levelled land there.

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

het Kon. Penningkabinet (now National Numismatic Collection, de Nederlandsche Bank)
Closing reign (earliest)

Basiliscus
Terminal year (earliest)

476
Closing reign (latest)

Basiliscus
Terminal year (latest)

476
Opening year (earliest)

335
Opening year (latest)

341
Coin-level data

Not available

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

Summary info available, with types, but no mints. The coins are reported to be badly preserved.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A thick-walled conical pot with a rim, made of sand-coloured earthenware, with a height of 17 cm, a base diameter of 7 cm and a largest diameter of 11 cm.

References

Reference

1964 - Muntvondsten

Ref

41-43

Comment

Suggesting that the hoard probably belonged to a Roman prisoner whom the Sasanids set to work on the sugar plantations in that region.

M. Spoerri (June 2022).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

HAFT-TAPEH

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A thick-walled conical pot with a rim, made of sand-coloured earthenware, with a height of 17 cm, a base diameter of 7 cm and a largest diameter of 11 cm.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

HAFT-TAPEH

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A thick-walled conical pot with a rim, made of sand-coloured earthenware, with a height of 17 cm, a base diameter of 7 cm and a largest diameter of 11 cm.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire