BELENE 2

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Location

City

Belene

County

Pleven

Region

Country

Bulgaria

Ancient place

Dimum

Lat/Long/Alt

43.645 / 25.125 / 29.64 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Roman fort

Information

2693

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Hoard name

BELENE 2

Alternative names

DIMUM; DIMVM; Белене

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1947

Total number of coins

145

Summary

150 denarii. 145 coins entered the History Museum in Svishtov: Nero - Antoninus Pius (AD 150); silver weight of c. 275.8-468.2 g.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Disposition

History Museum, Svishtov, Bulgaria; inv.nos. 1614-1735 (145 coins)
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

150
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

150
Opening year (earliest)

54
Opening year (latest)

68

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Military

Context

Fort

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

Gerasimov, T. - 1950 - Monetnite sakrovišta, namereni v Balgarija

Ref

319

Reference

Gerov, B. - 1977 - Die Einfälle der Nordvölker in den Ostbalkanraum im Lichte der Münzschatzfunde. I. Das 2. und 3. Jahrhundert (101-284)

Ref

151; no. 46

Reference

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

Reference

Găzdac, C. - 2002 - Monetary circulation in Dacia and the provinces from the Middle and Lower Danube from Trajan to Constantine I (AD 306-337)

Ref

537

Reference

Dimitrov, K. - 2005 - A second century hoard of imperial denarii from Dimum – Belene

Ref

255-256

Reference

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

Ref

153; no.13

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Moesia Inferior_DIMVM=BELENE

Gazdac dataset (2015); Hobbs dataset (2015); Varbanov dataset (2017); uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015); updated by C. Gazdac (Aug.; Oct. 2017).

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