JEVER

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Location

County

Friesland

Region

Niedersachsen

Country

Germany

Ancient place

Jever

Lat/Long/Alt

53.571 / 7.897 / 6.81 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

5247

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5247

Hoard name

JEVER

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

5 Mar 1850

Total number of coins

5000

Summary

3,000 to 5,000 silver coins, ranging from Augustus to Severus Alexander, found while digging gravel close to the Jever castle, on the city moat. 2,200 coins were melted down, the rest dispersed. Zedelius published 564 coins attributed to the hoard.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Other
Disposition

Oldenburgisches Landesmuseum (part); Schloßmuseum Jever (part); Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum, Emden (part); Münster museum (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (earliest)

222
Closing reign (latest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (latest)

228
Opening year (earliest)

-7
Opening year (latest)

-6
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Objects belonging to this hoard

Spoon
'ein kleiner silberner, sog. Ohrlöffel' (FMRD, p. 150)

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Reference

AFE

Ref

http://afe.dainst.org/findspot?afeid=1811

References

Reference

Zedelius, V. - 1982 - Der große römische Denarschatz von Jever (1850), Niedersachsen

Comment

Publication of 564 coins attributed to the hoard and preserved in various museums.

Reference

FMRD VII 1-3

Ref

3019

Reference

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

Reference

Berger, F. - 2000 - Der römische Schatzfund von Jever (1850)

Reference

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

Ref

170

Comment

Estimated silver weight: 6302.2-16,152.8g.

Reference

Dymowski, A. - 2020 - Roman imperial hoards of denarii from the European barbaricum

Ref

W. E. Metcalf dataset; K. Huber for data up to and including Nero; coin-level data checked by R. Bennett (July 2020); data validated by M. Spoerri (March 2021).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

JEVER

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Spoon
'ein kleiner silberner, sog. Ohrlöffel' (FMRD, p. 150)

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

JEVER

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Spoon 'ein kleiner silberner, sog. Ohrlöffel' (FMRD, p. 150)

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Spoon
'ein kleiner silberner, sog. Ohrlöffel' (FMRD, p. 150)