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BUNNIK 2023

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Location

City

Bunnik (municipality)

County

Bunnik

Region

Utrecht

Country

Netherlands

Lat/Long/Alt

52.0672 / 5.1945 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

21255

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/21255

Hoard name

BUNNIK 2023

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Oct 2023

Total number of coins

404

Summary

The hoard consists of 404 silver and gold coins of British and Roman origin, with the youngest coin dating back to the reign of Emperor Claudius (AD 41–54). This is the largest Roman coin hoard ever discovered in Utrecht and the first mixed composition hoard found in mainland Europe. The coin hoard consists of 44 gold staters bearing the name of the British king Cunobelinus, 72 gold aurei from the reign of Emperor Augustus to Emperor Claudius, and 288 silver denarii, dating from approximately 200 BC to AD 47.

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Dutch National Museum of Antiquities)
Comment

Archaeological excavation followed the discovery of the hoard.
Closing reign (earliest)

Claudius I
Terminal year (earliest)

46
Closing reign (latest)

Claudius I
Terminal year (latest)

47
Opening year (earliest)

-200
Opening year (latest)

-200
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

The hoard is still under study. Further details will be entered once published.
Context rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

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Reference

PAN - Portable Antiquities of the Netherlands

Ref

https://portable-antiquities.nl/pan/#/ensemble/public/280

Reference

Ref

https://nnc.dnb.nl/dnb-nnc-ontsluiting-frontend/#/numis/object/1175412

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Comment

© Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (RMO).

Data kindly provided by A. Cruysheer and entered by M. Spoerri (Jan. 2025).