ALZEY 1938

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Location

City

Alzey

County

Landkreis Alzey-Worms

Region

Rheinland-Pfalz

Country

Germany

Ancient place

*Altiaia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castra_Alteium

Lat/Long/Alt

49.7462012 / 8.1171135 / 179.29 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

3540

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3540

Hoard name

ALZEY 1938

Alternative names

ALZEY I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1938

Total number of coins

382

Summary

A hoard of 381 silver coins (denarii and antoniniani ranging from Geta to Postumus) and 1 provincial coin, found in a vessel surrounded by fire rubble in a building located in front of the SE corner of the Roman fort. The coins had been contained in a bag made of hemp. A large number of ornaments had been placed on top to the vessel.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Alzey museum
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

268
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

200
Opening year (latest)

202
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Rural

Context

House, Vicus

Depositional context

Destruction deposit

Containers belonging to this hoard

grey blue vessel of spheric shape

ein graublaues kugeliges Gefäss

Hemp bag

The coins had been placed in a hemp bag inside the vessel

References

Reference

FMRD IV 1

Ref

1005, p. 62

Reference

Cunetio

Ref

195

Reference

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

Existing dataset edited and validated by M. Spoerri (Feb. 2021).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ALZEY 1938

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Containers belonging to this hoard

grey blue vessel of spheric shape

ein graublaues kugeliges Gefäss

Hemp bag

The coins had been placed in a hemp bag inside the vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Ring
60 small black rings: 'kleine schwarze Ringelchen'

Jetpearl
22 jetpearls: 'schräg abgeschliffene Gagatperlchen'

Pearl made from coral
18 pearls made from coral: 'röhrenförmige Perlchen aus Korallen'

Pearl made of glass
One grey pearl made of glass

Pearl made of jade
One pearl made of jade: 'eine größere Jadeperle'

Earring
2 'dünne goldene Ohrringe'

Jetpearl
22 jetpearls: 'schräg abgeschliffene Gagatperlchen'

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ALZEY 1938

Containers belonging to this hoard

ein graublaues kugeliges Gefäss

The coins had been placed in a hemp bag inside the vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire