Coin Hoards

The following coin hoards made the news but have not as of yet been published in the CH series....
[This post will be updated as I come across hoards...]

Related Sites:
http://www.finds.org.uk/index.php

CLASSIC

BULGARIA

Rezhantsi, near Pernik, 1961 ? 1968?
ca 6000 (82 kg): AV & AR Philipp II, Alexander III & Patraos.
Disposition : National History Museum (NIM) in Sofia
http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_civ_1_18/02/2010_391138
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=113321
http://lunaticg.blogspot.com/2009/11/hidden-bulgaria-ancient-gold-coin.html
..............................................................
GREECE
Abedera, 2000.
Date of Burial: end of 6th century B.C.
Composition: 29 Abdera: 5 Didrachms, 2 Drachms, 2 Hemidrachms (first known), 2 Obols, 18 Hemiobols.
Disposition: 22 pieces in Athens, Numismatic Museum.
Sources: Eleutherotypia, 21.07.2011. Translated by A.M. here.
Publication: Jonathan H. Kagan, "Small Coinage and the Beginning of Coinage at Abdera", Agoranomia: Studies in Money and Exchange presented to John H. Kroll, New York 2006, 49-59.

Mieza, 2009
Mieza, archaeological excavation; in the foundations of the Restaurant of the Ancient Agora, 2009.
Composition: Unknown Number (14+?) of AR (drachms? and tetradrachms) of Alexander (?) and 1 stater (?) of Locris Opuntia, in the majority mints of coastal towns of Asia Minor. [Composition deduced from photo]
Disposition: Mieza Museum (?)

Source: Apostolos Lykesas, Ethnos, 15.03.2010
.............................................................
PALESTINE

Gaza, near Rafah, 2010
c. 1300 AR ("antique"-sic)
The Photos show (four) Athenian tetradrachms
Disposition: Palestine (?)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jRXo1fCXa2CmsXDPI_VJTdvsYaQw

Photo: AFP
.............................................................
SYRIA

Northern Syria, Manbij (?) 2010 (03.2010)
250+AR Philip & Alexander [137 Tetradrachms, 115 Drachms]
Container: Bronze Box
Disposition: Damascus museum? (handed in).
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hcbGNxzxuvDJ_cHishQIPlTcf2RgD9E81U980 (with images)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35708172/ns/technology_and_science-science/ (with images)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hcbGNxzxuvDJ_cHishQIPlTcf2RgD9E7RTP01 (with images)
Photo: Associated Press
.............................................................
HELLENISTIC

ROMANIA

Mt. Orastie (Hunedoara), 2009 (19.09.2009)
142 Koson
National Museum of History in Bucharest
http://lunaticg.blogspot.com/2009/09/romania-treasure-koson-coin-turned-in.html
.............................................................
ROMAN
FRANCE
Atun (Arrux), 2011 (March)
Date of Burial: 4th c.A.D.
Composition: c. 100,000 AE.
Disposition: ?
Sources:
.................................................
ITALY
Sardinia, 2023 (Nov.) ["in the sea of the north-eastern coast of Sardinia"]



Date of Burial: 3rd c.A.D.
Composition: c. 30,000-50,000 AE. ["All coins are in an exceptional state of preservation"]
Disposition: Italian Ministry of Culture
Sources:
.................................................
PAKISTAN

Mohenjo-Daro, 2023 (Nov.)

Sheikh Javed Ali Sindhi and another archaeologist with the hoard of coins. Right, close up of the coins.

Date of Burial: Early 3rd c. A.D.?
Composition: c. 2170  AE. of which 338 of Vasudeva I (191 to 232 CE); 1,823 un-inscribed cast copper coins; 9 with "fire altar on the obverse and a crude figure on reverse". 
Disposition: Local Museum?
Sources:
..................................................

UK
London, 2001
Date of Burial: c. 170-180 A.D. (?)
Composition: 43 AV (Nero - Aurelius).
Disposition: Museum of London?
Sources:
.............................................................................
Montgomery (near Forden, Mid Powys, Wales), 2011 (07.2011).
Composition: c. 4000 Roman AE (3rd cent.?)
Disposition:?
Sources: 
    Photo: Western Mail.

    .............................................................................
    Shropshire, 2009
    Composition: ca 10000 AE nummi.
    320AD to 340AD, late in the reign of Constantine I
    http://lunaticg.blogspot.com/2009/09/treasure-hunting-10000-romans-ancient.html
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2336413/posts
    Photo: UK Dailymail


    ................................................................

    Frome, Sommerset, 2010 (April 2010)
    Date of Burial: c. 300 A.D. (?)
    Composition: 52,503 coins (160 kg), in 2-ft. pot: incl. 766 Carausius,
    Disposition:?
    Sources: 



    Photos: AP

    .......................................................................................................................................................
    BYZANTINE

    BULGARIA
    Kastritsi (Euxinograd), 2010 (4 August 2010)
    Composition: 166 AR in jug (Bulgaria: Ivan Alexander-Michael)
    Disposition:Museum of Varna?
    Source:

    ISRAEL
    Jerusalem, Old City, 2008 (12.2008)
    Composition: c. 250 AV. Heraclius (610-640)
    Disposition: Jerusalem Museum?
    http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2008/dec/22/ml-israel-treasure-122208/?zIndex=26452
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/24/2454211.htm

    December 22, 2008 | AP
    ...............................................................................................................................................................
    (F.Y.) REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
    Strumica, Tsarevi Kili, 2009
    Composition: c. 4,300 (second half of the twelfth century and the beginning of the thirteenth century, Manuel I Komnenos and later)
    Dispotition: Strumica Museum (?)
    http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/1178
    .................................................................................................................................
    Skopje, Kale (Castle), 2010
    Composition: 46 AV of John III Doukas Vatatzes; 77 AR various Venetian rulers to 1280s.
    Disposition: Skopje Museum (?)
    Source: Utrinski Vesnik, 12.05.2010
    See also here

    .................................................................................................................................
    VENETIAN

    (F.Y.) REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
    Strumica, 2009
    Composition: c. 80 silver Venetian (end of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries)
    Dispotition: Strumica Museum (?)
    http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/1197
    ...................................................................................................................................
    GREECE
    Cyclades 
    Naxos
    Sagri, 2012
    Found: 27.03.2012
    Composition: 54 Venetian grossi  including coins of the Doges Bartolomeo Gradenigo (1339-1342), Giovanni Soranzo (1329-1339), Andrea Dandolo (1343-1354) among others.
    Disposition: All in Numismatic Museum, Athens.
    Source/More Information: http://archaeologymatters2.blogspot.fr/2012/04/hoard-of-venetiancoins-found-in-naxos.html 
    Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)