Cristian Găzdac, Călin Ghemiș. Hoarding for Value. Roman Denarii and their imitations: The Hoard Peștiș I (Coins from Roman sites and collections of Roman coins from Romania, Vol. XVI)
Language: Engish. Category: Roman Provincial Coinage

   The village of Peștiș is located in the NW part of Romania (Bihor County), a locality under the administration of Aleșd city. From the relief point of view, the settlement is placed on the southern branch of the Plopiș/Șes Mountains (map 1). The first archaeological remains in the area of Peștiș were noticed in the 1970’s when the palaeontologist Tiberiu Jurcsak pints out the cave “Piatra Jurcoaiei/Piatra Jurcoaii”. Following this information, in 1970, the archaeologist Doina Ignat opened a testing excavation in this cave and demonstrated solid evidence dated in the Middle Neolithic Age. Among the most remarkable finds are: a child grave (aged 6–8 years) with ceramic vessels, a deer bone socket and five bone beads as funerary inventory. This discovery was followed by similar ones from the adjacent area of the Crișul Repede River basin from Șuncuiuș – the cave Unguru Mare, Vadu Crișului- Peștera Devenț II, the cave Subpiatră from Aștileu.

Table of contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THE LOCATION AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL STATE OF RESEARCH

THE HOARD. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF DISCOVERY

The container

The hoard structure

Comments

The imitations

The mints

Conclusions

REFERENCES

TABLE

GRAPHS

MAPS

CATALOGUE

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