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Clay money-box

Intact money-box made of orange-brown clay. The originally oblong slot was widened at some later date forming a triangular shape so that the content could be removed without breaking the base. Inside it was found a worn bronze coin of the period.

 

Code

ΒΚ 4602/6

Type

Clay money-box

Chronology

2nd half of the 4th-5th c.

Dimensions

Height 15 cm., base diameter 4,7 cm., belly diameter 12,9 cm., diameter of hole 2,1x1,3 cm.

Material of Construction

Clay

Origin

Thessaloniki, excavation at 27 Konstantinou Palaiologou Street