MAINZ 1886

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Location

City

Mainz

Address

Erthalstraße

County

Kreisfreie Stadt Mainz

Region

Rheinland-Pfalz

Country

Germany

Ancient place

Mogontiacum
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogontiacum

Lat/Long/Alt

50.0027 / 8.2592 / 89.3 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

5336

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Hoard name

MAINZ 1886

Alternative names

Mainz Stadtgebiet II Erthalstraße

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1886

Total number of coins

3220

Summary

A hoard of ca. 3220 Roman silver coins (denarii and antoniniani), ranging from Antoninus Pius to Postumus, found in a vessel during works at the Erthalstraße in 1886. Some of the hoard was dispersed. 1872 coins are listed in FMRD.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

259
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

138
Opening year (latest)

161
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Military

Context

Uncertain, Vicus

References

Reference

FMRD IV 1

Ref

1164, p. 307

Reference

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

Trajan Decius - Trebonianus Gallus: W. E. Metcalf dataset (2014); additional coins entered at summary level and dataset validated by M. Spoerri (March 2021); coin level data up to Commodus by M. Ball (May 2021).

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