NIEDERBIEBER 1900 A

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Location

City

Niederbieber

County

Neuwied

Region

Rheinland-Pfalz

Country

Germany

Lat/Long/Alt

50.467901826224 / 7.4723639953875 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

3360

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3360

Hoard name

NIEDERBIEBER 1900 A

Alternative names

Niederbieber I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

3 Sep 1900

Total number of coins

192

Summary

An upturned bowl made of white metal under which coins lay. Some of the coins were bound together into one chunk by oxidation. 192 antoniniani (radiates) ranging from Caracalla to Valerian I (AD 257). Together gold jewelry was found: two pinheads connected by a chain, a pendant decorated with base emeralds and an onyx cameo. Apparently, the jewelry had been in a now rotted wooden box. This assumption is supported by fittings found near the jewelry and a broken bronze key. The circumstances of discovery indicate that the casket was not originally buried.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Discovery depth (m)

0.60-0.70
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

257
Closing reign (latest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (latest)

257
Opening year (earliest)

216
Opening year (latest)

216
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Date of excavation (from)

1900
Date of excavation (to)

1900
Site comment

Roman fort on the Rhine frontier, which shows evidence of being overrun by the Franks in c. 259-60. Excavations were carried out on the eastern longitudinal wall of the Fabrica building. 14 m south of the north side at a depth of 60 to 70 cm. The lime screed that formed the Roman floor here was on average 75 cm below the ground and was covered with a thick layer of fire and coal, the brittle burned slate slabs of the roofing and the fall of the wall.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Military

Context

Workshop

Depositional context

Floor

Containers belonging to this hoard

Metal bowl

White metal, plain, beaded rim. Diameter: 8.6cm; weight: 127.6g.

Wooden box

Rotten box

References

Reference (string)

Oliver 1978, 165, no. 111

Reference

Wikipedia - Untitled

Comment

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

Reference

Ritterling, E. - 1901 - Zwei Münzfunde aus Niederbieber

Ref

95-100

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

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

NIEDERBIEBER 1900 A

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Metal bowl

White metal, plain, beaded rim. Diameter: 8.6cm; weight: 127.6g.

Wooden box

Rotten box

Objects belonging to this hoard

Pinhead
Two pinheads connected by a chain

Pendant
Gold pendant, decorated with base emeralds

Cameo
Onyx cameo

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

NIEDERBIEBER 1900 A

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Metal bowl

White metal, plain, beaded rim. Diameter: 8.6cm; weight: 127.6g.

Wooden box

Rotten box

Objects belonging to this hoard

Pinhead Two pinheads connected by a chain

Pendant Gold pendant, decorated with base emeralds

Cameo Onyx cameo

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Pinhead
Two pinheads connected by a chain

Pendant
Gold pendant, decorated with base emeralds

Cameo
Onyx cameo