TURKEY 1972 B

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Southeastern Anatolia Region

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Turkey

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Find spot comment

The precise findspot is unknown, but the hoard was found at the Turkish-Syrian border. Urfa is where one of the sellers came from.

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5494

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Hoard name

TURKEY 1972 B

Alternative names

Urfa; Turkey 1972

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1972

Total number of coins

200

Summary

A hoard of 200+ aurei (Nero to Commodus and Crispina) that came to light in the Turkish-Syrian border in the 1960s. Several packets of coins were recorded at the British Museum and in trade. According to CH III, they were Nero-Hadrian: 20; Antoninus Pius: 50; Faustina I: 15; Marcus Aurelius: 35; Faustina II: 10; Lucius Verus: 5; Commodus: 60; Crispina: 5.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

dispersed in trade
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

181
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

192
Opening year (earliest)

54
Opening year (latest)

68
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

22 coins are illustrated in CH 2 and CH 3 and 22 coins of Commodus were published by Hurter. The number of coins broken down by imperial family member for Pius to Commodus is recorded, although the breakdown for the c. 20 specimens dating from Nero to Hadrian is unknown. It is also possible that the hoard was even larger than the numbers recorded.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

Period

Uncertain

References

Reference

1976 - Coin Hoards: volume II

Ref

no. 236

Comment

with 7 coins listed and illustrated (Antoninus Pius - Commodus). Disposition in commerce. Turkey, 1972.

Reference

1977 - Coin Hoards: volume III

Ref

p. 58, no. 156

Comment

With numbers per emperor and with 15 coins listed and illustrated.

Reference

Mani Hurter, S. - 2005 - Some gold issues of Commodus' sole rule in the light of an unpublished hoard

Comment

Publication of 17 rare Commodus coins. This included some of the coins listed in CH II and III.

Reference

Yalçın, D. Ö. - 2017 - Numismatik Veriler Işığında Roma İmparatorluğu Doğu Sınırı Sikke Sirkülasyonu (Monetary Circulation Amongst the Eastern Frontier of the Roman Empire in Light of Numismatic Data)

Ref

p. 104-105

Comment

as 'Urfa 2005'.

Revised by R. Bennett (Feb. 2017). Updated by M. Spoerri (Oct. 2021); Corrected and updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2022)

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