Tell el Maskhouta (anc. Pithom-Heroopolis), 17 km. W of Ismailia
Depósito
400 B.C.-370 B.C.
Descubierto
1947-1948
Descripción
6000+ coins
Referencia
Berry, A Numismatic Biography (Lucerne 1971), pp. 67, 69-72, nos. 355-7, 362-96, illus., Bivar, BSOAS 1961, p. 193 (possible presence of silver plate), Jungfleisch, RN 1949, pp. 27-34 (3800 coins examined), Naster, RBN 1948, pp. 5-14, illus. (305 coins examined; 1 with profile eye pl. 1, 12 but not 4th cent. type ?); 1949, pp. 124-5, Robinson, NC 1947, pp. 113-21, illus. (262 coins examined), Robinson, NC 1950, p. 298 (possible presence of Phoenician coins), Varoucha, BCH 1949, p. 520
Chassinat, Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Archéologic orientale 1901, pp. 78-86, Jenkins, NC 1955, p. 150 (poss. part of Garbieh hoard, no. 1656 below), Maspero, RecTravEgyptAssyr 1900, pp. 225-6, Regling, ZfN 1931, pp. 28, 41, Svoronos, JIAN 1901, p. 160 (quoting Dattari)
(Elder) Collection of Coins of Alexander the Great, 300 illus., AA 1907, p. 160, May, NC 1952, pp. 1-18, illus., Mosser, NNM 97 (1941), nos. 18-52, illus., Newell, Reattribulion, pp. 34-62, illus.; Sidon-Ake, p. 57, illus.; NNM 19 (1923), illus. (4826 specimens listed; details of further 1062 noted by Newell subsequently, in ANS file, See pp. 146-7 for citation of Dattari for presence of Ptolemy I specimens); Tarsos. p. 109, illus., Num 1909, p. 9, Torrey, NNM 77 (1937), illus.
160 AV, ? AR. Found in chamber 1 of temple treasury with gold ornaments and silver vessels (cf. nos. 1679, 1729): 108 AV coins noted in IGCH (Added 52 coins to this group) in addition to 1 [uncertain], which has been counted as 1. Then, the total count comes to at least 161 coins
Referencia
AA 1906, p. 135, Bulletin de l'Art ancien et moderne 1905, p. 326, Comptes-rendus de l'Academie des Inscriptions 1905, p. 535, Eddé, Boll. di Num. 1905, pp. 129 (= Yehia hoard), 141, Edgar, ASA 1906, pp. 205-11, L'Illustration Jan./1906, p. 63, Maspero, JDébats 359 (1905), Milne, JEA 1941, pp. 135-7 (Svoronos references for 108 specimens), RN 1906, p. 76, Rostovtzeff, SEH, pp. 374, 390 (illus. of gold ornaments), Svoronos, Ptolemies 4, pp. 404-15, nos. 181-715A