BERDORF

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Location

City

Berdorf

County

Grevenmacher

Region

Country

Luxembourg

Lat/Long/Alt

49.821 / 6.349 / 374.48 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found in a cave called 'Keltenhiel'.

Information

3577

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Hoard name

BERDORF

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Apr 1908

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard was found in a cave and comprised 60 Roman coin copies as well as numerous fragments of copper-alloy bar with Roman coin flans stamped on them. The hoard was interpreted as belonging to a forger.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified)
Land Use

Cave
Finder(s)

lumbers, Bisdorf de Berdorg
Comment

The hoard was found in a cave discovered by forest workers in 1908 and subsequently excavated
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

269
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Natural features

Cave
Site comment

The hoard was found in a cave: a slit of 60 to 80 cm wide and 9 cm length gives access to the cave which measures 5-6 m in width, about 10m height and 29 m in length.
Site class

Rural

Context

Natural feature