NIEDERBIEBER 1906

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Location

City

Niederbieber

County

Neuwied

Region

Rheinland-Pfalz

Country

Germany

Lat/Long/Alt

50.468045388375 / 7.4725760085976 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

3359

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3359

Hoard name

NIEDERBIEBER 1906

Alternative names

Niederbieber III; Truppenkasse [Troop Fund]

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1906

Total number of coins

889

Summary

A small bronze cauldron containing a linen bag with the coins. The money consists of 889 antoniniani (radiates) from Elagabalus to Valerian I and Gallienus. Two pieces of silver-plated crockery, a plate and a platter, were found next to the cauldron.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

253
Closing reign (latest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (latest)

260
Opening year (earliest)

218
Opening year (latest)

219
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1906
Date of excavation (to)

1906
Site comment

It was found under the floor of an officer room at the head of one of the barracks.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Military

Context

Barrack

Depositional context

Floor

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze cauldron

Containing a linen bag

Textile bag

References

Reference (string)

Oliver 1978, nos. 108-10; Painter 1993; Baratte 1993, 27

Reference

Wikipedia - Untitled

Comment

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schatzfunde_von_Niederbieber

Reference

Ritterling, E. - 1911 - Das Kastell Niederbieber

Ref

272-273

URI 1

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Truppenkasse_von_Niederbieber.jpg

URI 2

Comment

Corrected and updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2023).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

NIEDERBIEBER 1906

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze cauldron

Containing a linen bag

Textile bag

Objects belonging to this hoard

Plate
It has a flat, horizontal rim on which a frieze with animal representations and Dionysian motifs is worked in as a bas-relief between two rows of beads.

Bowl
Sauce bowl (acetabulum). Ambleteuse type. Ivy leaf on the bottom center; beaded rim.

Bowl
Sauce bowl (acetabulum). Ambleteuse type. On the bottom center, a star-shaped rosette in a circle of adjoining triangles; beaded rim.

Platter
Silver plateau. It is completely flat, except for a base ring and an indistinct bead decoration on the rim.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

NIEDERBIEBER 1906

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze cauldron

Containing a linen bag

Textile bag

Objects belonging to this hoard

Plate It has a flat, horizontal rim on which a frieze with animal representations and Dionysian motifs is worked in as a bas-relief between two rows of beads.

Bowl Sauce bowl (acetabulum). Ambleteuse type. Ivy leaf on the bottom center; beaded rim.

Bowl Sauce bowl (acetabulum). Ambleteuse type. On the bottom center, a star-shaped rosette in a circle of adjoining triangles; beaded rim.

Platter Silver plateau. It is completely flat, except for a base ring and an indistinct bead decoration on the rim.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Plate
It has a flat, horizontal rim on which a frieze with animal representations and Dionysian motifs is worked in as a bas-relief between two rows of beads.

Bowl
Sauce bowl (acetabulum). Ambleteuse type. Ivy leaf on the bottom center; beaded rim.

Bowl
Sauce bowl (acetabulum). Ambleteuse type. On the bottom center, a star-shaped rosette in a circle of adjoining triangles; beaded rim.

Platter
Silver plateau. It is completely flat, except for a base ring and an indistinct bead decoration on the rim.