MISRATA

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Location

City

Misrata [مصراتة]

County

Misrata [مصراتة]

Region

Tripolitania [طرابلس]

Country

Libya

Lat/Long/Alt

32.39994316743 / 14.888936386892 / 27.6 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

10 km east of Daphnia (Garibaldi village), and approx. 18 km west of today's city of Misurata, as well as approx. 4 km from the coast, a few hundred meters north of the highway to Tripoli. The surface of the site is approximately one hectare.

Information

4836

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Hoard name

MISRATA

Alternative names

MISURATA; مصراتة; Suq el Kedim; Suk el Kedim; Souk el Kedim

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

17 Feb 1981

Total number of coins

108000

Summary

Unknown originally number of coins. Approximately 108,000 nummi (c. 600 kg) were recovered and prepared for documentation: Tetrarchy to Constantine I (AD 330-333). The hoard was found stored in jars and large Tripolitanian amphorae in a domestic building. At the moment, 82,713 have been attributed by mints and periods: AD 294-307; AD 307-313; AD 313-318; AD 318-324; AD 324-330; AD 330-333.

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

National Archaeological Museum (El Khoms) of Leptis Magna, Libya
Comment

During the works for the installation of light and telephone poles, as well as leveling the ground, in greenhouses area called "Giardini del 7 Aprile".
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

330
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

333
Opening year (earliest)

294
Opening year (latest)

294
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1981
Date of excavation (to)

1981
Site comment

Coins were stored in jars and large Tripolitanian amphorae, buried inside a rustic rectangular building of elongated plan. The external walls were still preserved a little above foundation level at the moment of discovery.
Site class

Rural

Context

Domestic building

Depositional context

Floor