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DIERSTORF

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Location

City

Dierstorf

County

Landkreis Nienburg/Weser

Region

Niedersachsen

Country

Germany

Lat/Long/Alt

52.46496 / 8.98721 / 37 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

4548

Permalink

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Hoard name

DIERSTORF

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1898

Total number of coins

0

Summary

Three silver ingots, totalling a weight of ca. 920 g, found during agricultural work close to the River Weser. The ingots have stamp marks, one (TR) may refer to Trier. Another represents three busts (Theodosius II, Galla Placidia and Valentinian III).

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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Open Fresh Water: Running water
Disposition

Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover
Terminal year (earliest)

425
Terminal year (latest)

450
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

thought to have been found near the old town ramparts.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Silver ingot 1
Inscribed ‘CAND’ & ‘PAVLI’, Roma with ‘VRBS ROMA’, and a portrait stamp showing a facing imperial bust next to two cheek-to-cheek busts. Wt.: 299.73g.

Silver ingot 2
Inscribed ‘[FL] PRI [S] CI TR PS PI’. Wt.: 309.81g.

Silver ingot 3
Inscribed ‘OF PRIMVS TR PIVS PI’. Wt.: 309.5g.

References

Ref

Hoard 4052 / p. 72

Reference

Wiegels, R. - 2003 - Silberbarren der römischen Kaiserzeit : Katalog und Versuch einer Deutung

Ref

nos 57-59

URI 1

https://ku-ni.de/record_kuniweb_676038

URI 2

Comment

CC BY 4.0

Existing dataset corrected by M. Spoerrri (June 2022).