ÖSTER RYFTES

Download CSV:

Location

City

Östryftes

County

Fole

Region

Gotland

Country

Sweden

Lat/Long/Alt

57.654401 / 18.593807 / 44.2 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

15543

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/15543

Hoard name

ÖSTER RYFTES

Alternative names

ÖSTRYFTES; OSTRYFTES

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1890

Total number of coins

Summary

Originally 17 denarii, 16 preserved: Trajan - Commodus (AD 183-184); silver weight: 44.65 g. (16 coins). Together were also found: 1 gold bracteate, 1 gold finger ring, 2 neck-rings of bronze with silver mountings, 2 somewhat smaller bronze rings, 1 bronze clasp, 1 bronze strap-end, several bronze spirals, 1 amber bead, 2 coral beads.

Details
Coins Summary
Coins
Rating
Archaeological context
Containers
Objects
References
Reports
Images
Credit

Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Swedish History Museum, Stockholm (inv.no. 8793)
Finder(s)

Johan Kellgren and Edward Andersson
Comment

Under a flagstone while cleaning a ditch in a field belonging to the farm Oster Ryftes. One of the coins is now lost.
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

183
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

184
Opening year (earliest)

103
Opening year (latest)

111
Coin-level data

Available to enter

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Lind, L. - 1981 - Roman denarii found in Sweden. 2. Catalogue. Text

Ref

35, no. 37

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (July 2019). Imported from CSV by Dr Cristian Gazdac.

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ÖSTER RYFTES

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bracteate
Gold bracteate

Finger ring

Neck ring
Two bronze neck rings, with silver mountings

Ring
Two small bronze rings

Clasp
Bronze clasp

Strap element
Bronze strap-end

Spiral
Several bronze spirals

Bead
Amber bead

Bead
Two coral beads

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ÖSTER RYFTES

Objects belonging to this hoard

References

Twitter

Facebook

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire