KLEINBETTINGEN

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Location

City

Kleinbettingen

County

Capellen

Region

Country

Luxembourg

Lat/Long/Alt

49.6447 / 5.9148 / 324.46 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

3745

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3745

Hoard name

KLEINBETTINGEN

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1921

Total number of coins

1054

Summary

Over 1,054 coins were found, most of them oxidized together. Only 120 have been recorded to the level of the coin. Some 12 coins may have been lost (loose from the bulk of the hoard). Silver: 1054 (1, 127) coins; Silver weight: 285.7-2505.4g.

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Land Use

Woodland
Finder(s)

M. Kneip
Comment

M. Kneip, the finder, hid the location although some documents point towards the find spot as the forest by Kleinbettingen.
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

273
Opening year (earliest)

235
Opening year (latest)

236
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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

Coins that are known are recorded to coin level (only a minority though 120/1054+)
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bag

It was, supposedly, found in a decomposed bag, under the roots of a tree.

References

Reference

FMRL I

Ref

386, no. 195

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. 841

B.D.R. Hellings (Jan 2019)

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

KLEINBETTINGEN

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Bag

It was, supposedly, found in a decomposed bag, under the roots of a tree.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

KLEINBETTINGEN

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bag

It was, supposedly, found in a decomposed bag, under the roots of a tree.

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