ŢAGA

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Location

City

Țaga

County

Cluj

Region

Transylvania

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

46.944 / 24.05 / 286.38 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

2627

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Hoard name

ŢAGA

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

3 Dec 1962

Total number of coins

1007

Summary

1013 silver cois: 1004 denarii, 9 antoniniani: Galba - Gordianus III (AD 239); silver weight: 1417.0-3160.9 g

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

1,20
Land Use

Other
Disposition

Town Museum Gherla, Romania (960 coins)
Finder(s)

Nicolae Cociș
Comment

Data given by W. E. Metcalf Silver: 1002, 10 coins; Silver weight: 1417.0-3160.9g
Closing reign (earliest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (earliest)

239
Closing reign (latest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (latest)

239
Opening year (earliest)

68
Opening year (latest)

68
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

On 15 sqm around the findspot numerous pottery shreds were discovered and layers of choal. A building that went on fire.
Associated features

Roman provincial pottery.
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

House

Depositional context

Floor

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel covered with limestone slab

Only the lower half survived. Wheel-made pot of yellowish paste and thin wall. Flat bottom.

References

Reference

Protase, D. and Crişan, I. - 1968 - Tezaurul de monede imperiale roman de la Ţaga (Jud. Cluj)

Ref

139-173

Reference

Guest, P. - 1994 - A Comparative Study of Coin Hoards from the Western Roman Empire

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

42-53; no. 25

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_ȚAGA

Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016). Coin-level data (Trajan-Commodus) provided by M. Ball (Dec. 21)

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ŢAGA

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel covered with limestone slab

Only the lower half survived. Wheel-made pot of yellowish paste and thin wall. Flat bottom.

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ŢAGA

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel covered with limestone slab

Only the lower half survived. Wheel-made pot of yellowish paste and thin wall. Flat bottom.

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