WIEN 1ST DISTRICT 1911

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Location

City

Wien

Address

Rotgasse 15 and Fleischmarkt 6

County

Wien

Region

Wien

Country

Austria

Ancient place

Vindobona
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vindobona

Lat/Long/Alt

48.211 / 16.375 / 168 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

On the territory of the legionary fortress.

Information

13185

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/13185

Hoard name

WIEN 1ST DISTRICT 1911

Alternative names

VINDOBONA; BAUERNMARKT; LEGIONSLAGER; ROTGASSE-FLEISCHMARKT

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Feb 1911

Total number of coins

539

Summary

539 nummi found with textile rests in a room destroyed by fire, located on the right side of the fort's praetentura/principia? of the legionary fortress: Constantine I - Arcadius-Honorius (AD 402-408). Together with the coins were found: 1 melted silver item, 1 small ceramic pitcher, 1 lamp, 1 fragment from a cross-bow brooch, 2 knives, 1 iron key, 1 bone hair comb.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Historische Museum der Stadt Wien, Austria
Comment

During the activities to extend the building.
Closing reign (earliest)

Arcadius (RIC X)
Terminal year (earliest)

402
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

408
Opening year (earliest)

330
Opening year (latest)

337
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Numismatic rating

Good
Rating comment

Some of the coins can be entered at the coin data level.
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

Originally, Vindobona was an oppidum (proto-urban settlement) on the Leopoldsberg, just north of what is now the center of modern Vienna. It belonged to the Celtic kingdom of Noricum, but under the emperor Augustus added the oppidum to Pannonia, which became a formal province during the second half of the reign of Claudius (AD 41-54). It is at this stage that a subunit of the Fifteenth Legion Apollinaris, which was stationed at Carnuntum, was sent to Vindobona. The first military settlement must have been constructed out of wood, like all forts in this period. During the second half of the first century, it was occupied by several mounted auxiliary units, like an Ala I milliaria from recently conquered Britain. Late in the first century, probably in AD 89, the emperor Domitian transferred the Thirteenth legion Gemina from Poetovio (modern Ptuj in Slovenia) to Vindobona. War had broken out on the Lower Danube, and Rome needed additional forces in Pannonia to fight against the Dacians and their allies. The soldiers of the Thirteenth constructed the legionary base of circa 18.5 hectares. During Marcomannic wars, Vindobona was sacked. The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius defended the Danube frontier and was able to seize the initiative. Vindobona was rebuilt and seems to have offered accommodation to the headquarters of the imperial forces. Marcus Aurelius died on 17 March 180 died in Vindobona. In the first half of the third century, Vindobona was rebuilt again. In AD 212 received the tile of municipium. This was the beginning of the settlement's golden age, which continued after 260, when the Germanic tribes became aggressive again. The fortress was an important bulwark against the northern enemies, and the imperial forces were reinforced. In ca. AD 395, Vindobona was sacked again by Germanic warriors of the Marcomannic tribe, and again, the civil and the military settlement were rebuilt, although probably on a smaller scale. In the first decade of the fifth century, a fire destroyed the fortress. The settlement now also boasted a naval base for the Classis Histrica. Alans and Ostrogoths gradually infiltrated the civil settlement, and the soldiers of the fortress were often recruited from these tribes. In AD 433, the East-Roman emperor Theodosius II allowed the Huns to occupy Vindobona. At the beginning of the sixth century, Pannonia and the city of Vindobona were taken over by the Langobards, and in AD 568, by the Avars, who were ultimately defeated by Charlemagne. (Livius.org; Wikipedia)
Associated features

On the right side of praetentura, in a fire-damaged room with charred textile remnants.
Site class

Military

Context

Fort