BERN ENGEHALBINSEL BE 2022

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Location

City

Bern

County

Bern

Region

Bern

Country

Switzerland

Ancient place

Bern-Engehalbinsel
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engehalbinsel

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46.9774741752 / 7.45083312777 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Findspot centred on the ancient settlement, not on the findspot of the hoard.

Information

21274

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/21274

Hoard name

BERN ENGEHALBINSEL BE 2022

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

28 Apr 2022

Total number of coins

Summary

A hoard of 65 quinarii and denarii (211–25 BC), comprising also 3 Celtic quinarii from the Rhone-Valley (type “quinaire au cavalier” B), down to Augustus (25–23 BC), found on the Enge peninsula in Bern (Reichenbachwald).

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Woodland
Disposition

Service archéologique du Canton de Berne
Closing reign (earliest)

Augustus
Terminal year (earliest)

-25
Closing reign (latest)

Augustus
Terminal year (latest)

-23
Opening year (earliest)

-211
Opening year (latest)

-211
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

The coins have not yet been published.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The Engehalbinsel in Bern was the site of a Celtic settlement and then of a Gallo-roman vicus.
Site class

Rural

Context

Settlement

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Ceramic vessel

References

Reference

Lanzicher, A. F. and Puthod, F. - 2023 - Bern, Reichenbachwald und Thormebodewald: herausragende keltische und römische Neufunde aus der Stadt Brenodurum

M. Spoerri (June 2025), based on information kindly supplied by F. Puthod (Direction de l’instruction publique et de la culture du canton de Berne).

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