BÄRETSWIL ZH 1993

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Location

City

Adetswil-Pulten

Address

Pulten

County

Bäretswil

Region

Zürich

Country

Switzerland

Lat/Long/Alt

47.347 / 8.841 / 857.59 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

47.346663018; 8.840814139

Information

5503

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5503

Hoard name

BÄRETSWIL ZH 1993

Alternative names

Adetswil-Pulten

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

17 Apr 1993

(to)

17 Apr 1993

Total number of coins

658

Summary

The hoard comprised 658 silver coins (denarii, a few antoniniani and one drachm from Caesarea in Cappadocia) from Republican issues of Mark Antony to Severus Alexander.

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Disposition

Kantonsarchäologie Zürich, Fundmünzenbearbeitungsstelle, Münzkabinett der Stadt Winterthur
Finder(s)

Jürg Oertle, Uster
Closing reign (earliest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (earliest)

226
Closing reign (latest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (latest)

226
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Beim Hortgefäss handelt es sich um eine scheibengedrehte, grautonige Tonne, die ursprünglich mit einem dunklen Überzug versehen war. Tabernero, José Diaz, Zäch, Benedikt, Ackermann, Rahel C., Hauser Pult, C. and Hedinger, B. - 1998 - Der römische Münzhort von Bäretswil, Adetswil-Pulten 1993, p. 77, figs. 6 - 8. The shape of the vessel is typical of the 1st half of the 3rd c. AD.

References

Reference

Diaz Tabernero, J., Zäch, B., Ackermann, R. C., Hauser Pult, Cl. and Hedinger, B. - 1998 - Der römische Münzhort von Bäretswil, Adetswil-Pulten 1993. Mit Bemerkungen zum Münzhort von 1880.

Comment

Full publication of the hoard, incl. photos of all the coins.

Dataset digitised by M. Spoerri (July 2017), after original publication by Diaz Tabernero et al.

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