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ISACCEA

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Location

City

Isaccea

County

Tulcea

Region

Dobrogea

Country

Romania

Ancient place

Noviodunum (Romania)

Lat/Long/Alt

45.25 / 28.448 / 74.73 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

3 km south of the city, at the spot called "Pepiniera veche".

Information

ID

2760

Permalink

https://827063.czjdr4fae.asia/hoard/2760

Hoard name

ISACCEA

Alternative names

NOVIODVNVM; NOVIODUNUM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Oct 1960

Total number of coins

1071

Summary

1071 silver coins: 6 denarii, 1065 antoniniani (radiates): Caracalla - Gallienus (AD 267); silver weight: 290.7-2781.5g

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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

-0.40m
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Museum of History and Archaeology Tulcea, Romania (1971)
Finder(s)

Ioan Iancu, Gheorghje Știrbu
Comment

Only the 6 Consecratio issues can be identified at the coin level, based on photos. The hoard catalogues has not been published.
Closing reign (earliest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (earliest)

259
Closing reign (latest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

211
Opening year (latest)

217

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

The catalogue of this hoard was not published
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Found in a bronze bucket
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze bucket

H=11cm; Dbottom=29cm. Curved bottom, walls slightly bent outwards. Incised parallel lines decorates the walls and bottom.

References

Reference

Preda, C. and Simion, G. - 1971 - Tezaurul de monede romane imperiale descoperit la Isaccea şi atacul gotic din vremea lui Gallienus

Ref

167-178

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

555

Reference

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

Ref

no. 825

Reference

Depeyrot, G. and Moisil, D. - 2008 - Les trésors de deniers et d'antoniniens de Gordien III à Aurélien en Roumanie

Ref

232-233; no. 99

Reference

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Moesia Inferior_NOVIODVNVM

Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016; Feb. 2020).