KASTELL ZUGMANTEL - GRUBE 309

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Location

City

Orlen

County

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Region

Hessen: Darmstadt

Country

Germany

Ancient place

Zugmantel
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastell_Zugmantel

Lat/Long/Alt

50.18977 / 8.20364 / 470.5 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

5298

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5298

Hoard name

KASTELL ZUGMANTEL - GRUBE 309

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1912

Total number of coins

140

Summary

140 Roman silver coins (denarii and antoniniani ranging from Septimius Severus to Trajan Decius), were found in a pit filled with burnt destruction rubble in the vicus surrounding the Roman fort. The vast majority of the coins shows no signs of circulation.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Discovery depth (m)

0.6
Land Use

Archaeological site
Comment

48 specimens of the hoard were lost in 1945.
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (earliest)

249
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (latest)

251
Opening year (earliest)

196
Opening year (latest)

198
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Site comment

The pit (Grube 309) in which the hoard was found is located east of well 300, in the vicus surrounding the Roman fort of Zugmantel.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Military

Context

Vicus

Depositional context

Pit, Destruction deposit

References

Reference

FMRD V 1.2

Ref

Hoard 1226 / p. 218

W. E. Metcalf dataset; coin level information updated by R. Bennett (Jan. 2021); data validated by M. Spoerri (Jan. 2021).

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