VILLACH

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Location

City

Villach

Address

Klagenfurter Str. 29

County

Villach

Region

Kärnten

Country

Austria

Ancient place

Santicum

Lat/Long/Alt

46.618 / 13.852 / 501.77 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

On the road Aquileia-Virnum.

Information

3037

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3037

Hoard name

VILLACH

Alternative names

SANTICUM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

22 Jul 1955

(to)

23 Sep 1955

Total number of coins

165

Summary

A hoard of 161 aurei and 4 denarii was discovered on the site of 29 Klagenfurter Str. in Villach. Four aurei were initially discovered before a supervised excavation at the site uncovered the rest of the coins. Of the 161 aurei, only 100 issues dating from Nero to Septimius Severus have been properly catalogued. The four denarii have all been catalogued: Nero - Septimius Severus (AD 194-197).

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

In use as a building
Disposition

Museum Der Stadt Villach (115 aurei and 4 denarii); private collection (42 aurei)
Comment

Found in the excavated ground on the area of the former Roman necropolis.
Closing reign (earliest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (earliest)

193
Closing reign (latest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (latest)

195
Opening year (earliest)

64
Opening year (latest)

65
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1955
Site comment

Hypotetical, a Roman settlement of Santicum.
Associated features

In the excavated ground from the area of the former Roman necropolis.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Cemetery

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

Görlich, W. - 1956 - Der Münzfund von Villach

Ref

140-145

Reference

Dembski, G. - 1977 - Die antiken Münzschatzfunde aus Österreich

Ref

26, no. D-11

Reference

FMRÖ II/3

Ref

35-41, no. B1

Reference

Guest, P. - 1994 - A Comparative Study of Coin Hoards from the Western Roman Empire

G. Green (May 2017); updated by C. Gazdac (November 2018). Coin level information updated by M. Ball (Dec. 2021). Updated by C. Gazdac (Dec. 2021).

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