A Hoard for Charon? The Roman Imperial Hoard From Desa (Dolj County, Romania)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13099488 |
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| Authors | Cristian Găzdac (0000-0003-3237-0156, Institute of Archaeology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1_SI |
| Publication date | 2020-02-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ancient History and Archeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2360-266X • E-ISSN: 2360-266X |
| Publisher | Mega Publishing House (PUBLISHER • RO) |
| DOI | 10.14795/j.v7i1_si.483 |
| OpenAlex | W3048294942 |
| Language | EN |
In 1988, 122 silver denarii ranking from Nero to Commodus were confiscated by authorities from a person who was trying to sale these coins illegally at a local market. Following the study of the message on the coin reverse, the comparative analysis, the author suggests a deliberate selection for hoarding of coins that may have had an eschatological meaning for the individual that had assembled the hoard. Such a hypothesis may suggest that this hoard was not intended to have an economic purpose (e.g. savings, emergency hoard) but a funerary/votive one
Ancient history · Art · Hoard · Hoarding (animal behavior · Meaning (existential · Ranking (information retrieval · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy · Geology
| Highly cited | No |
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