An Indian coin in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

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Abstract

In 2007, the French archaeological mission of the Eastern Desert found a square Indian coin during the excavations of the praesidium of Dios (Abu Qurayya). Located on the road from Koptos to Berenike, the fort was built in 115/116 AD. The coin is a new type in the series of the “stock coinage” of the Cheras, of South India, usually dated from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. It is the only Indian coin ever found by the team during more than 25 years of excavations in the praesidia of the Eastern Desert and a rare witness of Erythrean trade in one of these Roman garrisons. If its presence is only anecdotic, its stratigraphic context helps to date the Chera coinage.

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Autori: Shailendra Bhandare; Hélène Cuvigny iD (Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale); Thomas Faucher iD (Institut de Recherche sur les ArchéoMATériaux; Centre d'études Alexandrines)
Pubblicato in: Networked spaces, pp. 507-512
Data di pubblicazione:01/01/2022
Tipo di documento:Capitolo di libro
Lingua:inglese
DOI: 10.4000/books.momeditions.16481
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Citazioni ricevute:3
Soggetti:
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Anthropology)
Archaeology and Historical Studies (Social Sciences > Arts and Humanities > Archeology)
Classical Antiquity Studies (Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Anthropology)
Eastern Desert of Egypt, distal intestinal obstruction syndrome, Roman military garrisons, Roman Egypt, coin dating, Roman fortifications
Identificativi: OpenAlex W4285253140

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Riassunto:In 2007, the French archaeological mission of the Eastern Desert found a square Indian coin during the excavations of the praesidium of Dios (Abu Qurayya). Located on the road from Koptos to Berenike, the fort was built in 115/116 AD. The coin is a new type in the series of the “stock coinage” of the Cheras, of South India, usually dated from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. It is the only Indian coin ever found by the team during more than 25 years of excavations in the praesidia of the Eastern Desert and a rare witness of Erythrean trade in one of these Roman garrisons. If its presence is only anecdotic, its stratigraphic context helps to date the Chera coinage.
DOI:10.4000/books.momeditions.16481