WIESBACH MANGELHAUSEN

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Location

City

Mangelhausen

County

Landkreis Neunkirchen

Region

Saarland

Country

Germany

Lat/Long/Alt

49.35916 / 6.97902 / 360.5 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

5299

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Hoard name

WIESBACH MANGELHAUSEN

Alternative names

WIESBACH ORTSTEIL MANGELHAUSEN

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1953

Total number of coins

402

Summary

A hoard of 402 denarii and antoniniani (Antoninus Pius - Trebonianus Gallus) was unearthed on a property in the Mangelhausen district of Wiesbach. The coins were originally contained together with a golden finger ring in an earthenware jug.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Comment

The coins are held in the State Conservatory Office in Saarbrueken. Dehnke theorised that the hoard was buried as a result of the Alamannic incursion of 253/4.
Closing reign (earliest)

Trebonianus Gallus
Terminal year (earliest)

251
Closing reign (latest)

Trebonianus Gallus
Terminal year (latest)

253
Opening year (earliest)

148
Opening year (latest)

149
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthenware jug.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Gold Ring

References

Reference

Dehnke, E. - 1955 - Der römische Münzfund von Wiesbach-Mangelhausen (Saar)

Ref

37-44

Comment

with ill. of container and gold ring on p. 37.

Reference

Dehnke, E. - 1956 - Der Münzfund von Wiesbach-Mangelhausen. Ein Nachtrag

Ref

34-36

Reference

FMRD III

Ref

Hoard 1082 / p. 124

Reference

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

W. E. Metcalf dataset, updated by Lester Stephens (April 2020), with the assistance of a MacMillan Center Faculty Research Grant, Yale University; hoard data validated by M. Spoerri (July 2021); completed to coin level by R. Bennett (July 2021).

Coin Hoards
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WIESBACH MANGELHAUSEN

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthenware jug.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Gold Ring

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

WIESBACH MANGELHAUSEN

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthenware jug.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Gold Ring

References

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Coin Hoards
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