CUIJK - SINT AGATHA 2008-2020

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Location

City

Cuijk

County

Cuijk

Region

Noord-Brabant

Country

Netherlands

Ancient place

Ceuclum

Lat/Long/Alt

51.729 / 5.879 / 13.65 view

Location details

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Find spot comment

Outside the site of the Roman auxiliary fort and vicus Ceuclum

Information

12635

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/12635

Hoard name

CUIJK - SINT AGATHA 2008-2020

Alternative names

ST. AGATHA - DE KUILEN

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2008

(to)

2020

Total number of coins

Summary

32 bronze coins: 32 sestertii: Vespasian - Severus Alexander (AD 230)

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Unknown
Finder(s)

Jan Kusters
Closing reign (earliest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (earliest)

230
Closing reign (latest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (latest)

230
Opening year (earliest)

69
Opening year (latest)

79
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

From the reign of the emperor Claudius (AD41-54) on, there was a small wooden fort at this site, perhaps built by the governor of Germania Inferior, Cn. Domitius Corbulo, who was interested in the traffic between the Meuse and Rhine. Ceuclum was situated on a small hill, an ancient river dune. Two (or three?) ditches of this first fort, which measured some 150x120 meters and must have offered accommodation to some 500 soldiers. Fort Ceuclum may have monitored the Batavians in the north and west. There is no real evidence for its destruction during the Batavian revolt (although there are traces of a burning layer), which suggests that it was evacuated when the news of the rebellion arrived. After 70, the garrison seems to have moved to another place. In the second century, the villagers constructed on the site of the former fort a building that has been interpreted as a sanctuary; it measured 17½ x 16½ meters. A smaller temple was found in the neighborhood. Another building in the vicus that has been identified is the bathhouse. The village measured some 6-10 hectares, which suggests that there were some 500-750 people living at Ceuclum. In AD 274, Ceuclum suffered heavily from the Franks raids: the two cemeteries (to the south and northwest of the village) were not used after AD 275. The fortification was renewed during the reign of Constantine I. The new fort was situated at the same site as the first one, and was almost the same size. It was surrounded by an earth and timber rampart. Inside was a large granary. In 406, troops were transferred from the Rhine frontier to Italy, and in the first days of 407, Germanic tribes crossed the river. Roman control of the Rhine area was never restored, and the new, Frankish authorities took control of the area. (based on: http://www.livius.org/articles/place/ceuclum-cuijk)
Associated features

Sint Agatha kuilen = lowland area/potholes of wet land
Recovery method

Metal detecting use
Site class

Rural

Context

Natural feature

Depositional context

Ditch

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Objects belonging to this hoard

Terra sigillata
Drag. 28 (PAN 000821168) - first century AD

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Reference

NUMIS

Ref

1101933

Reference

PAN

Ref

https://www.portable-antiquities.nl/pan/#/ensemble/public/79

References

Reference

Jan Kusters and Rob Reijnen - 'Een bijzondere Romeinse muntschat van ruim een half pond uit Cuijkse bodem uit de tijd van Serverus Alexander 222-235 na Chr.'

Ref

https://www.detectoramateur.nl/phocadownload/DDA-106.pdf

I.A. van Nederpelt. Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2018). Further information provided by J. Kusters and L. Claes, updated by C. Gazdac (August 2018; Jan. 2021).

Coin Hoards
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CUIJK - SINT AGATHA 2008-2020

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Terra sigillata
Drag. 28 (PAN 000821168) - first century AD

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CUIJK - SINT AGATHA 2008-2020

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Terra sigillata Drag. 28 (PAN 000821168) - first century AD

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Terra sigillata
Drag. 28 (PAN 000821168) - first century AD