CONTERN 1860

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Location

City

Contern

County

Luxembourg

Region

Country

Luxembourg

Lat/Long/Alt

49.5859 / 6.2035 / 321.23 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

At the place "Thielen-Oicht"

Information

3636

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Hoard name

CONTERN 1860

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Jul 1860

Total number of coins

109

Summary

The hoard comprised 109 antoniniani (radiates) from Gordian III to Postumus and was found in the corner of a Roman building uncovered during ploughing. Hobbs estimates a silver weight of between 30.4g and 135.3g.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Finder(s)

Mr. Heuertz
Comment

The hoard was found by a labourer in a field called 'Thielenoicht' (owned by (M. Heuertz) between the villages of Itzig and Contern, approximately 2,200 metres from the first and 1,500 metres from the second.
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

269
Opening year (earliest)

238
Opening year (latest)

239
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Rating comment

Although the data is entered here at the summary level, it exists in FMRL at the level of the RIC number.
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The hoard was found when the plough struck the walls of a Roman building. The building was square and was at least 15 metres long. The base of the walls was more than 2 metres thick. The hoard was found in the corner of a room (?) formed by the right angle where two walls met. It was buried on a layer of small stones.
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain structure

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

FMRL I

Ref

p. 89-93, no. 72

Reference

Cunetio

Ref

196

Reference

Guest, P. - 1994 - A Comparative Study of Coin Hoards from the Western Roman Empire

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

no. 731

R. Hobbs dataset (2015); Uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015); Data added by P.Walton (13.6.16); B.D.R. Hellings (Jan 2019). Updated by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2020).

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