SIMMERSTED

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Location

City

Simmersted

County

Region

Hadersle

Country

Denmark

Lat/Long/Alt

55.300774 / 9.3750699 / 47.67 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

4483

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4483

Hoard name

SIMMERSTED

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1945

Total number of coins

Summary

Hoard consisting probably of 8 siliquae (Julian to Honorius, AD 360-423), together with 968 g of hacked silver, found during excavation in a river bank.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Open fresh water
Closing reign (earliest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (earliest)

395
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

410
Opening year (earliest)

361
Opening year (latest)

363
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

found during excavation of a river bank. Objects lay loose in the ground & were dug up with a pick.

References

Reference

Voss, O. - 1954 - The Høstentorp silver hoard and its period. A study of a Danish find of scrap silver from about 500 A.D.

Reference

Munksgaard, E. - 1955 - Late-Antique Scrap Silver Found in Denmark: The Hardenberg, Høstentorp, and Simmersted Hoards

Ref

34-35

Comment

lists 5 coins

Reference

Balling, Jørgen - 1962 - De romerske møntfund fra Jylland

Ref

62-63, no. 84

Comment

lists 6 coins and 2 unidentified fragments

Reference

Wiegels, R. - 2003 - Silberbarren der römischen Kaiserzeit : Katalog und Versuch einer Deutung

Ref

no. 90-95

Reference

Horsnæs, Helle W. - 2010 - Crossing boundaries : (1) An analysis of Roman coins in Danish context. 1. Finds from Sealand, Funen and Jutland.

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URI 1

https://samlinger.natmus.dk/DO/asset/2081

URI 2

Comment

R. Hobbs dataset, updated by M. Spoerri (Janv. 2020 / Feb. 2025). Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2026).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SIMMERSTED

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Plate
Silver plate fragments, imported. 135g of the total weight represent parts of a single silver vessel

Ingot
Silver ingots

Plate
Silver plate fragments. Indigenous, mainly clasps

Rod
Silver rods and wire

Ring
Silver rings, profiled

Spoon
Silver spoon fragment, keel and disc type

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SIMMERSTED

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Plate Silver plate fragments, imported. 135g of the total weight represent parts of a single silver vessel

Ingot Silver ingots

Plate Silver plate fragments. Indigenous, mainly clasps

Rod Silver rods and wire

Ring Silver rings, profiled

Spoon Silver spoon fragment, keel and disc type

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Plate
Silver plate fragments, imported. 135g of the total weight represent parts of a single silver vessel

Ingot
Silver ingots

Plate
Silver plate fragments. Indigenous, mainly clasps

Rod
Silver rods and wire

Ring
Silver rings, profiled

Spoon
Silver spoon fragment, keel and disc type