BÂRCA 1937

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Location

City

Bîrca

County

Dolj

Region

Oltenia

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

43.969 / 23.618 / 48.76 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

4846

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Hoard name

BÂRCA 1937

Alternative names

BÎRCA I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1937

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprises of 67 silver coins, 34 denarii, 33 antoniniani (radiates), from Commodus to Trajan Decius with a tpq of AD 249-251.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Disposition

Muzeul Olteniei, Craiova, Romania
Finder(s)

Local
Comment

The first hoard out of four hoards found in the vicinity of Bîrca
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (earliest)

249
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (latest)

251
Opening year (earliest)

180
Opening year (latest)

192
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

No information given about archaeological context of this hoard
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Untitled

No information given about the container for this hoard

References

Reference

Iliescu, O. - 1971 - Primul tezaur monetar găsit la Bîrca (jud. Dolj)

Ref

327-333

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)

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487

Reference

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

Ref

135-136; no. 68

W.E. Metcalf dataset (2014); updated by C. Gazdac (Jul. 2017).

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