A hoard of sixth-century solidi, light-weight solidi and fractions from gokler (Phrygia)

Abstract

A hoard of 6th century solidi and fractions was found in 1994 in Gokler, Turkey, during illegal prospections with a metal detector. The hoard includes seven die-linked solidi of Justinian, three solidi of Justin II, five solidi of Tiberius II and thirty-six solidi, semisses, and tremisses of Maurice, many of them die-linked. The most interesting coins in the hoard are two 23-carat light-weight solidi of Maurice. The hoard was probably concealed in the last decade of the 6th century.