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Artefact's name: Roman staters type Koson 1
Object type: Other
Chronology: 2.000 - 0 bc
Museum of: The Deva Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation
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Koson type 1


WHERE IS IT AND MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
Department: Archaeology department
Inventory number: 39739-39767
Artefact's name: Roman staters type Koson 1
Material: Gold
Method of manufacture:
Decoration type: Excision
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STATE
Preservation: Very good
Restauration: No restored
Completeness: Complete


DIMENSIONS
Length (mm):
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Diameter (mm): 18-21
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Weight (g): 8.08-8.70


PERIOD OF USE
Epoque: Second half of first century B.C.
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Absolute chronology: 43-29 B.C



DISCOVERY
Date:
Country: România
District: Hunedoara
Town hall affiliation: Boșorod
Village: Târsa
Discovery findspot:
Condition of discovery: Chance Discovery
Discovery type: Deposit


DEEPENINGS
Morphology of the object:
Front side. Consul between 2 lictors. The 2 lictors wear short fasces, whose axes, in front of the 1st monogram lictor are not distinguished; Reverse. Eagle with open wings, in the profile towards left, holds a wreath in its right claw. The eagle`s neck is long and slightly curved.
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Bibliography:
Constantin Preda, Monedele geto-dacilor; 1975, p. 300-307.


ANALYSES AND DETERMINATIONS
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FILLED IN BY
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Institution: Dacian and Roman Civilization Museum
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