UEKEN AG 2015

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Location

City

Ueken

County

Laufenburg

Region

Aargau

Country

Switzerland

Lat/Long/Alt

47.48452 / 8.04438 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

21264

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/21264

Hoard name

UEKEN AG 2015

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2015

Total number of coins

4130

Summary

A hoard of 4124 antoniniani (Gallienus – Diocletian / Maximian) and six denarii (Severina, wife of Aurelian), found in an orchard. The soil had been disturbed by previous agricultural work in the 1970s and some more coins (163 coins) were subsequently retrieved (these are not included in Peter et al. 2026).

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Orchard
Closing reign (earliest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (earliest)

293
Closing reign (latest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (latest)

293
Opening year (earliest)

262
Opening year (latest)

262
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Fragments of two ceramic pots were found: a pitcher (Krug) and a bowl (Reibschüssel). The hoard was certainly contained in one of them

References

Reference

Doppler, H., Peter, M., and Zanchi P. - 2016 - Der Münzschatz von Ueken AG (2015): 4083 Antoniniane

Reference

Peter, M., Zanchi, P., Puthod, F. and R. C. Ackermann - 2026 - Der römische Hortfund von Ueken 2015 (CH, Aargau), tpq 293 n. Chr.

Comment

full catalogue

M. Spoerri (March 2025 / Oct. 2026).

Coin Hoards
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UEKEN AG 2015

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Fragments of two ceramic pots were found: a pitcher (Krug) and a bowl (Reibschüssel). The hoard was certainly contained in one of them

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

UEKEN AG 2015

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Fragments of two ceramic pots were found: a pitcher (Krug) and a bowl (Reibschüssel). The hoard was certainly contained in one of them

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