STOCKSTADT 1962

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Location

City

Stockstadt am Main

County

Landkreis Aschaffenburg

Region

Bayern: Unterfranken

Country

Germany

Ancient place

Stockstadt

Lat/Long/Alt

49.971255 / 9.073757 / 116 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

5255

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5255

Hoard name

STOCKSTADT 1962

Alternative names

STOCKSTADT III

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1962

Total number of coins

1357

Summary

In 1962 an excavator found a jar with 7 aurei, 1346 denarii (Nero - Marcus Aurelius), and 4 Lycian drachms (Domitian - Trajan), while building the foundations of the new building for the paper mill factory at Stockstadt.

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Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

0.8-1
Land Use

Other
Disposition

The majority of the find was sent to Aschaffenburg Municipal Museum
Comment

FMRD connects the deposition of the hoard with a Chatti incursion into Upper Germany countered by C. Aufidius Victorinus, governor from 162 -170.
Closing reign (earliest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (earliest)

167
Closing reign (latest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (latest)

176
Opening year (earliest)

63
Opening year (latest)

68
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Stockstadt was a Roman fort on the Limes, surrounded by a vicus.
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Military

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

One handled jug

References

Reference

FMRD I 6

Ref

Hoard 6020 / p. 67

W. E. Metcalf dataset; K. Huber for data up to and including Nero. Existing dataset updated by Lester Stephens (March 2020) with the assistance of a MacMillan Center Faculty Research Grant, Yale University; coin-level data updated by R. Bennett (March 2021); data validated by M. Spoerri (March 2021).

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STOCKSTADT 1962

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Containers belonging to this hoard

One handled jug

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One handled jug

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