ABOUKIR A125

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Location

City

Abu Qir

County

Region

Alexandria [الإسكندرية]

Country

Egypt

Lat/Long/Alt

31.311 / 30.06 / 5.64 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was discovered in an 'old ruin, called 'kharaba' in arabic, i.e. 'ruin', in Abukir, near Alexandria.

Information

4155

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Hoard name

ABOUKIR A125

Alternative names

ABUKIR ABU QIR; ابو قير‎‎

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Feb 1902

(to)

Mar 1902

Total number of coins

620

Summary

Accounts vary concerning the composition of this hoard, but two suggest that 18 ingots were found, alongside a large number of gold coins. Mowat (1902) suggested that approximately 600 aurei were found and c. 20 gold medallions, with emperors represented from Severus Alexander to Constantius I. Hobbs estimates a precious metal weight of 1029.2g+;

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin, Germany; Museum Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA; Archaeological Museum, Thessalonika, Greece
Closing reign (earliest)

Maximian (RIC V)
Terminal year (earliest)

296
Closing reign (latest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (latest)

317
Opening year (earliest)

222
Opening year (latest)

235
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Alessandro Magno : storia e mito

Reference

von Sallet, A. - 1876 - Olympias, Alexanders des Grossen Mutter

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56-57

Reference

Mowat, R. - 1902 - Aboukir, 1902

Reference

Rubensohn, O. - 1902 - Griechisch-Römische Funde in Ägypten

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Reference

Arvanitakis, G.L. - 1903 - HO ΘEΣAYPOΣ TOY ABOYKIP

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247-248

Reference

Eddé, J. - 1905 - Les trouvailles des trésors monétaires en Egypte

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128-129

Reference

De Foville, J. - 1906 - Trois monnaies d'or romaines

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156-7

Comment

on an aureus of Maximian I, acquired by the Cabinet des Médailles

Reference

Dressel, H. - 1906 - Fünf Goldmedaillons aus dem Funde von Abukir

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Svoronos, J.N. - 1907 - TA NOMIΣMATA TOY ABOYKIP

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369-371

Reference

Dressel, H. - 1908 - Errata-corrige

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137-157

Reference

Newell, E.T. - 1924 - Egyptian Coin Hoards

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128-130

Reference

Toynbee, J.M.C. - 1944 - Greek imperial medallions

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65-73

Reference

Price, M.J. - 1981 - A portrait of Alexander the Great from Egypt

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32-37

Reference

Vermeule, C. - 1982 - Alexander the Great, the Emperor Severus Alexander and the Aboukir medallions

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61-72

Reference

Kaiser, W.B. - 1986 - Alexanders Goldmünzen

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41-57

Reference

Espinosa Ruiz, U. - 1990 - La alejandrofilia de Caracala en la antigua historiografía.

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37-51

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Stewart, A.F. - 1993 - Faces of power : Alexander's image and hellenistic politics

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Savio, A. - 1994 - Intorno ai medaglioni talismanici di Tarso e di Aboukir

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73-103

Reference

Bland, R. - 1996 - The development of gold and silver coin denominations, AD 193-253

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63-100

Reference

Touratsoglou, I. P. - 2000 - The Alexander of the coins

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Arnold-Biucchi, C. - 2006 - Alexander's Coins and Alexander's Image

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Dahmen, K. - 2008 - Alexander in Gold and Silver: Reassessing Third century AD Medallions from Aboukir and Tarsos

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493-546

Reference

Touratsoglou, I. P. - 2008 - Tarsos, Aboukir, etc.; before and after. Once again

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479-492

Reference

Dahmen, K. - 2013 - Medallions from Aboukir in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

P. Walton (2015); imported by J. Mairat (Nov. 2015); updated by C. Gazdac and M. Spoerri (July 2017). Updated by M. Spoerri (May 2022, findspot location).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ABOUKIR A125

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Ingot
A gold ingot stamped 3 times, with one overstamping: 'ACVEPPSIG'; '…]ANTIUS[…'; 'EPMOY/ERMU'.

Ingot
A gold ingot with the stamp 'BENIGNU/SCOXIT'.

Ingot
A gold ingot with 3 stamps, 'ACVEPPSIG'; '….]S/[…. ]/[PRO]BAVIT'.

Ingot
15 gold ingots, not further described.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ABOUKIR A125

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Ingot A gold ingot stamped 3 times, with one overstamping: 'ACVEPPSIG'; '…]ANTIUS[…'; 'EPMOY/ERMU'.

Ingot A gold ingot with the stamp 'BENIGNU/SCOXIT'.

Ingot A gold ingot with 3 stamps, 'ACVEPPSIG'; '….]S/[…. ]/[PRO]BAVIT'.

Ingot 15 gold ingots, not further described.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Ingot
A gold ingot stamped 3 times, with one overstamping: 'ACVEPPSIG'; '…]ANTIUS[…'; 'EPMOY/ERMU'.

Ingot
A gold ingot with the stamp 'BENIGNU/SCOXIT'.

Ingot
A gold ingot with 3 stamps, 'ACVEPPSIG'; '….]S/[…. ]/[PRO]BAVIT'.

Ingot
15 gold ingots, not further described.