NIEDERASCHAU

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Location

City

Aschau im Chiemgau

County

Landkreis Rosenheim

Region

Bayern: Oberbayern

Country

Germany

Lat/Long/Alt

47.77 / 12.322 / 614.58 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

5288

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5288

Hoard name

NIEDERASCHAU

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1865

Total number of coins

800

Summary

A hoard found in 1865 under a mound of quarry stone in the middle of the locality. It comprised perhaps 800 denarii, dating from Trajan to Maximinus I. 765 (the catalogue is numbered to 766, but no. 677 is omitted) of these are recored in in detail by FMRD. The coins were in a pot, next to which a bracelet and a fibula were also found.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Closing reign (earliest)

Maximinus I Thrax
Terminal year (earliest)

235
Closing reign (latest)

Maximinus I Thrax
Terminal year (latest)

238
Opening year (earliest)

112
Opening year (latest)

114
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Good
Rating comment

In FMRD, the number of coins is described as 766, but 677 is skipped in the catalogue. The missing coin is here included as an uncertain type of Alexander Severus, since the reign can be inferred from its intended position in the catalogue.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

'Tontopf mit engem Hals'

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bracelet
'ein silberner, nicht geschlossener Armreif'

Fibula
'eine silberne Fibel mit kräftig profiliertem Bügel'

References

Reference

FMRD I 1

Ref

pp. 202-216, no. 1229

W. E. Metcalf dataset; coin-level data checked by R. Bennett (Sept. 2020); data validated by M. Spoerri (June 2021).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

NIEDERASCHAU

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

'Tontopf mit engem Hals'

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bracelet
'ein silberner, nicht geschlossener Armreif'

Fibula
'eine silberne Fibel mit kräftig profiliertem Bügel'

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

NIEDERASCHAU

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

'Tontopf mit engem Hals'

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bracelet 'ein silberner, nicht geschlossener Armreif'

Fibula 'eine silberne Fibel mit kräftig profiliertem Bügel'

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Bracelet
'ein silberner, nicht geschlossener Armreif'

Fibula
'eine silberne Fibel mit kräftig profiliertem Bügel'