ETTELBRÜCK 1856

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Location

City

Ettelbrück

County

Diekirch

Region

Country

Luxembourg

Lat/Long/Alt

49.8467 / 6.0933 / 208.8 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Near the so-called "Friedchen" farm, located between Ettelbruck and Feulen, near the Bastogne road, 200 m from the large excavation of the “Hang”, and 50 m to the right of the road, on the slope and 100 m. close to the top of it.

Information

3682

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3682

Hoard name

ETTELBRÜCK 1856

Alternative names

ETTELBRÜCK I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

20 Feb 1856

Total number of coins

600

Summary

600 antoniniani (radiates): Gordian III - Postumus (AD 260-269). Found close to the hoard ETTELBRÜCK 1889. Silver: 592 coins; Silver weight: 161.1-740.3g.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Discovery depth (m)

0.15
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Mr. Kieffer
Finder(s)

Mr. Kieffer
Comment

Mr. Kieffer found the coins while removing stones. Thee coins were spread on area of 3-4 sqm.
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

262
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

269
Opening year (earliest)

238
Opening year (latest)

239
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

FMRL I

Ref

no. 123

Reference

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

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

no. 777

B.D.R. Hellings (Jan 2019); coin level data K. Hoffman (Jul 2019). Updated by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2020)

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