NUMISMATICS AND FORENSICS: OPERATION DACIAN GOLD THE HOARD GRĂDIŞTEA DE MUNTE – ‘TIMIŞOARA AIRPORT’

NUMISMATICS AND FORENSICS: OPERATION DACIAN GOLD THE HOARD GRĂDIŞTEA DE MUNTE – ‘TIMIŞOARA AIRPORT’

Authors

  • Cristian GĂZDAC
  • Claudiu PURDEA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14795/jaha.12.3.2025.1383

Keywords:

hoard, numismatic and forensic evidence, Sarmizegetusa Regia, trafficking

Abstract

The present study integrates forensic and numismatic data to establish the provenance of one of the numerous hoards being illicitly trafficked from Romania for sale on the antiquities black market.

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Author Biographies

  • Cristian GĂZDAC

    Institute of Archaeology and Art History Cluj-Napoca

    Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

  • Claudiu PURDEA

    “1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia,

    Institute of Systematic Archaeology ‘Iuliu Paul’, Alba Iulia, Romania

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Published

2025-12-21

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Numismatics

How to Cite

NUMISMATICS AND FORENSICS: OPERATION DACIAN GOLD THE HOARD GRĂDIŞTEA DE MUNTE – ‘TIMIŞOARA AIRPORT’: NUMISMATICS AND FORENSICS: OPERATION DACIAN GOLD THE HOARD GRĂDIŞTEA DE MUNTE – ‘TIMIŞOARA AIRPORT’. (2025). JOURNAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.14795/jaha.12.3.2025.1383

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