OBERRIET SG 1941–2006

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Location

City

Oberriet

County

Rheintal

Region

St. Gallen

Country

Switzerland

Lat/Long/Alt

47.32 / 9.564 / 421.33 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

5312

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5312

Hoard name

OBERRIET SG 1941–2006

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1941

(to)

2006

Total number of coins

228

Summary

A hoard of 1,686 antoniniani, of which 1,361 coins are documented. The hoard was found in 1941, with further coins found in 2005 (147 coins) and 2006 (350 coins), though to be part of the same hoard. The coins range mostly from Gordian III to Claudius II (Divo Claudio), with possibly also a denarius of Marcus Aurelius and a sestertius of Septimius Severus (both found in 2005).

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Historisches Museum St. Gallen (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Aurelian
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Aurelian
Terminal year (latest)

271
Opening year (earliest)

161
Opening year (latest)

180
Coin-level data

Available to enter

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Terra sigilata vessel

Type Dr. 54 (Rheinzabern)

References

Reference

Overbeck, B. - 1970 - Alamanneneinfälle in Raetien 270 und 288 n.Chr.

Reference

Overbeck, B. - 1973 - Geschichte des Alpenrheintals in römischer Zeit auf Grund der archäologischen Zeugnisse : Teil 2. Die Fundmünzen der römischen Zeit im Alpenrheintal und Umgebung.

Ref

p. 109-23; no. 51.

Reference

Grüninger, I. - 1989 - Römische Münzen und Münzschätze im Kanton St. Gallen.

Ref

p. 145

Comment

mentions ca. 1180 coins (Caracalla to Aurelian)

Reference

Schindler, M. P. - 2006 - Archäologischer Jahresbericht 2005

Ref

pp. 202–203

Reference

Werz, U. - 2012 - Neues zu einem alten Schatz – der Fund von Oberst (Schweiz, Kanton St. Gallen)

Partial dataset (228 coins) given by W. E. Metcalf. SICF/IFS/ITMS dataset; edited by M. Spoerri (Oct. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

OBERRIET SG 1941–2006

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Terra sigilata vessel

Type Dr. 54 (Rheinzabern)

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

OBERRIET SG 1941–2006

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Terra sigilata vessel

Type Dr. 54 (Rheinzabern)

References

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Coin Hoards
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