Wealthy or not in a time of turmoil? : the Roman Imperial hoard from Gruia in Roman Dacia (Romania)

Wealthy or not in a time of turmoil? : the Roman Imperial hoard from Gruia in Roman Dacia (Romania) / Cristian Găzdac and Marin Neagoe.

The Roman imperial hoard from Gruia, Romania (in the former Roman province of Dacia) is among the largest ever discovered in that part of the Roman Empire. 1,509 silver coins ranking from Vespasian to Gordian III were accidentally discovered whilst digging in a private garden. This book presents a f...

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Main Authors: Găzdac, Cristian, 1970- (Author), Neagoe, Marin Iulian (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2018.
Series:Archaeopress Roman archaeology.
Subjects:
Coin hoards > Dacia > Catalogs.
Coins, Roman > Dacia > Catalogs.
Coin hoards > Romania > Gruia > Catalogs.
Coins, Roman > Romania > Gruia > Catalogs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Coin hoards
Coins, Roman
Europe > Dacia
Gruia.
Catalogs
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents Page
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Wealthy or not in the time of turmoil?
  • Conditions of discovery
  • Introduction
  • The denominations
  • The hoard structure (tab. 1
  • graphs 1-2
  • graph 3)
  • The hoard value
  • The mints (tab. 2
  • graph 4
  • catalogue)
  • The reason for the hoard burial and non-recovery
  • The 'weird' coins
  • References
  • Tables
  • Graphs
  • Maps
  • Catalogue
  • Plates
  • Tab. 1. The structure of the hoard from Gruia
  • Tab. 2. The distribution of mints in the hoard from Gruia
  • Graph 1. The distribution of coins by issuers in the hoard from Gruia
  • Graph 2. The coefficient/year of reign in the hoard from Gruia
  • Graph 3. Comparative monetary index for hoards ending with coins of Gordian III
  • Graph 4. Coin supply in the hoard from Gruia for issuers with multiple mints
  • Map 1. Map of Romania pointing the location of the village of Gruia (map provided by Google Maps)
  • Map 2. The Roman Empire, mid-2nd century AD, pointing the location of Gruia (after Găzdac et alii 2015, 41)
  • Map 3. Roman Dacia, the location of the hoard from Gruia
  • Map 4. Hoards discovered within Drobetaʼs territory (after Găzdac et alii 2015, 44)
  • Map 5. The distribution of hoards on the Middle and Lower Danube in the period from Gordian III to Philip I (after Găzdac 2012, 194)

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