OTROVANEC

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Location

City

Otrovanec

Address

No. 19

County

Pitomača

Region

Virovitica-Podravina

Country

Croatia

Lat/Long/Alt

45.92473 / 17.19869 / 125.76 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

House no. 159.

Information

2877

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Hoard name

OTROVANEC

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Mar 1972

(to)

Jun 1972

Total number of coins

500

Summary

Around 500 antoniniani (radiates). 352 coins were recovered: Caracalla - Valerian I (AD 253-259).

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Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

-0.80m
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Archaeological museum in Zagreb
Finder(s)

Đ. Škvarić; Mijo Vonarek
Comment

During laying of water pipes a clay pot full of coins was found. Because the local school boy alerted the authorities about it, 352 coins were available for identification out of approx. 500 coins that were presumably in the pot.
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

216
Opening year (latest)

216
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Rating comment

Pictures of coins available in Demo's publication.
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Clay pot

Height: 15 cm

References

Reference

Mirnik, I. A. - 1981 - Coin hoards in Yugoslavia

Ref

67, no. 203

Reference

Demo, Z. - 1982 - Münzfunde aus der Zeit Gallienus im Gebiet zwischen den Flüssen Sava und Drava. Ein Beitrag zur militärpolitischen, ökonomischen und wirtschaftlich-monetären Geschichte des südlichen Pannonien um die Mitte des 3. Jh. n. Ch.

Ref

260-270

Reference

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

Ref

173, no. 468

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Pannonia Superior_OTROVANEC

Updated by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2016). Edited by L. Štefan (Jun. 2019). Updated and Coin data level input Z. Zupan (Jan. 2020). Updated by C. Gazdac (Dec. 2021).

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OTROVANEC

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Clay pot

Height: 15 cm

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OTROVANEC

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Clay pot

Height: 15 cm

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