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RADOSTOWO

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Location

City

Radostowo

County

Tczew

Region

Pomerania

Country

Poland

Lat/Long/Alt

53.983 / 20.617 / 146.68 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

4617

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4617

Hoard name

RADOSTOWO

Alternative names

RATHSTUBE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Total number of coins

23

Summary

Hoard of 23 solidi: Theodosius II - Basiliscus (AD 475-476). Three pieces were dug up in the field, the remaining 20 were found vertically stacked. Most likelym they were roled in an organic material (leatther/textile). There was also a gold bar cut off at one end, and a small broken silver plaque, perhaps a part of a large fibula of the Kosino type. Gold weight: 97.9g+;

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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Museum of Müster, Germany (16 coins)
Comment

While ploughing at shallow depths.
Closing reign (earliest)

Basiliscus
Terminal year (earliest)

475
Closing reign (latest)

Basiliscus
Terminal year (latest)

476
Opening year (earliest)

430
Opening year (latest)

440
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather/textile bag ?

20 coins were found stacked vertically

Objects belonging to this hoard

Gold bar

Silver plaque (from brooch?)
Small broken silver plaque, possible from a Kosino type brooch

References

Bolin, S. - 1926 - Fynden av romerska mynt i det fria Germanien. Studier i romersk och äldre germansk historia

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101, no. 92

Reference

Kunisz, A. - 1973 - Katalog skarbów monet rzymskich odkrytych na ziemiach polskich

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94-95, no. 129

Reference

Kent, J. - 1994 - The Roman Imperial Coinage : 10. The divided Empire and the fall of the western parts AD 395-491

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p. cviii

Reference

Bland, R. - 1997 - Changing patterns of hoards of precious metal coins in the late Empire

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table 4, no. 284

Reference

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

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no. 1707

Reference

Ref

197-199, no. 278

Updated by C. Gazdac (March 2019).