Region: Africa--Africa
Displaying records 61 to 80 of 171 total results.
Findspot
Demanhur (mod. Damanhûr; anc. Dime-n-Hor = Hermopolis parva)
Deposit
305 B.C.
Discovery
1906
Description
2000 coins
Reference
Babelon, Traité I.1, p. 23, Dutilh, JIAN 1898, pp. 153-6, Mowat, RN 1906, p. 294 ("aux environs de Damanhour")
Findspot
Egypt
Deposit
300 B.C.
Discovery
1912
Description
34 coins
Findspot
Phacous (= Fâqus), 30 km. NE of Zagazig
Deposit
283 B.C.
Discovery
1956
Description
2400 coins
Reference
Jenkins, ANSMN 9 (1960), pp. 17-37, illus.
Findspot
Toukh el Garmous
Deposit
260 B.C.
Discovery
1905
Description
160 AV, ? AR. Found in chamber 1 of temple treasury with gold ornaments and silver vessels (cf. nos. 1679, 1729): 108 AV coins noted in IGCH (Added 52 coins to this group) in addition to 1 [uncertain], which has been counted as 1. Then, the total count comes to at least 161 coins
Reference
AA 1906, p. 135, Bulletin de l'Art ancien et moderne 1905, p. 326, Comptes-rendus de l'Academie des Inscriptions 1905, p. 535, Eddé, Boll. di Num. 1905, pp. 129 (= Yehia hoard), 141, Edgar, ASA 1906, pp. 205-11, L'Illustration Jan./1906, p. 63, Maspero, JDébats 359 (1905), Milne, JEA 1941, pp. 135-7 (Svoronos references for 108 specimens), RN 1906, p. 76, Rostovtzeff, SEH, pp. 374, 390 (illus. of gold ornaments), Svoronos, Ptolemies 4, pp. 404-15, nos. 181-715A
Findspot
Saqqara, near Memphis, 20 km. S of Cairo
Deposit
260 B.C.
Discovery
1968
Description
28 coins
Findspot
Delta
Deposit
270 B.C.-230 B.C.
Discovery
1856
Description
AR. Pot hoard: 14 coins noted in IGCH in addition to 3 [uncertain], which each has been counted as 1. Then, the total count comes to at least 17 coins
Reference
Huber, NC 1862, p. 163; WNM 1867, pp. 7-8, 20, Waddington, RN 1865, p. 18 = Mélanges (Paris, 1867), p. 50
Findspot
Tripoli, Cyrenaica
Deposit
270 B.C.-230 B.C.
Discovery
1899-1899
Description
1000+ coins
Reference
Hill, NC 1899, pp. 175-6, illus.
Findspot
Tell Nebesheh (anc. Am), 50 km. E of El Mansûra
Deposit
242 B.C.
Discovery
1886
Description
25 coins
Reference
Petrie, Tanis, pp. 25-6
Findspot
Benha (anc. Athribis), 50 km. N of Cairo
Deposit
217 B.C.
Discovery
1936
Description
50+ coins
Reference
Brett, ANSMN 5 (1952), pp. 1-8, illus.
Findspot
Benha (anc. Athribis)
Deposit
230 B.C.-200 B.C.
Discovery
1922-1923
Description
14+ coins
Reference
Brett, ANSMN 5 (1952), p. 7, note 3, Newell, Num 1924, p. 301 ("exclusively" the types cited; unlikely therefore that no. 1682 above could be part of the present hd.)
Findspot
Luxor (Birabi)
Deposit
200 B.C.
Discovery
1915-1916
Description
157 coins
Findspot
Keneh (mod. Qena; anc. Kaionopolis), near Luxor
Deposit
144 B.C.
Discovery
1923
Description
245+ coins
Reference
Newell, NNM 33 (1927), pp. 14-31, illus. (Ptolemy VIII tetradr. given as Paphus, p. 22, but Newell later regarded these as of Alexandreia, see Standard Ptol. Silver, p. 11
Findspot
Tebtunis (mod. Umm el Buregat), 25 km. SSW of El Fayoum
Deposit
90 B.C.
Discovery
1900
Description
140 coins
Reference
Milne, JEA 1935, p. 210
Findspot
Egypt
Deposit
19 B.C.
Discovery
1910
Description
198 coins
Reference
Milne, NC 1910, pp. 333-9, pl. 10 ("Ptolemy XIII" = Cleopatra)
Findspot
Mesopotamia or Babylonia
Deposit
310 B.C.-300 B.C.
Discovery
1957
Description
43+ coins
Findspot
Malayer, c. 65 km. SE of Hamadan (anc. Ecbatana), Media
Deposit
375 B.C.
Discovery
1934
Description
394+ coins
Reference
Kraay-Moorey, RN 1968, pp. 222-8, 232, Robinson, Iraq 1950, pp. 50-1, Schlumberger, L'argent grècque, pp. 50-4, Troxell-Spengler ANSMN 15 (1969), pp. 15-6
Findspot
Taranto, Calabria
Deposit
508 B.C.
Discovery
1911
Description
600 coins
Reference
Babelon, RN 1912, pp. 1-40, illus. (= Mélanges 4, pp. 304-43), Kraay, NC 1956, p. 49, Orsi, AttiMemIIN 1919, p. 29, Vlasto, through whose hands the bulk of the hd. passed, was convinced that the whole formed a single find. This firsthand opinion should carry more weight than Orsi's subsequent claim that the "hoard" was a conflation of several finds
Findspot
Pazzano, near Reggio, Bruttium
Deposit
300 B.C.
Discovery
1952
Description
15 coins
Reference
Jenkins-Lewis, Carthage, p. 58, Procopio, AIIN 1954, p. 166
Findspot
Cariati, 60 km. NNW of Croton, Bruttium
Deposit
300 B.C.
Discovery
1957
Description
74 coins
Reference
Procopio, AIIN 1958-9, p. 284
Findspot
Gioia Tauro, Bruttium
Deposit
300 B.C.-250 B.C.
Discovery
1902-1902
Description
EL, AR. Pot hoard: Uncertain count noted in IGCH including 2 [uncertain], which each has been counted as 1. Then, the total count comes to 2 coins of a group of at least 2+ coins
Reference
Jenkins-Lewis, Carthage, pp. 60-1, NSc 1902, p. 129
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