WORTEGEM

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Location

City

Wortegem

County

East Flander

Region

Flander

Country

Belgium

Lat/Long/Alt

50.853 / 3.513 / 66.98 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Between the hamlet 't-Sumelscot and the village.

Information

6178

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6178

Hoard name

WORTEGEM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Dec 1850

Total number of coins

Summary

28 sestertii: Hadrian - Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161).

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Coins Summary
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Credit

Discovery method

Unknown
Discovery depth (m)

0.85
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Collection E.C. Lefèvre, Brugge, Belgium, in 1851 (28 coins)
Comment

Probably from a tomb.
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

138
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

161
Opening year (earliest)

117
Opening year (latest)

138
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Probably from a tomb.
Site class

Rural

Context

Cemetery

Depositional context

Grave

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Objects belonging to this hoard

Weapons
Fragments of weapons

Ring
Unknown number and material

Funerary urn
Two funerary urns. It is not stated whether the coins were found inside.

Shards

References

Reference

Thirion, M. - 1967 - Les trésors monétaires gaulois et romains trouvés en Belgique

Ref

no. 342

Benjamin Hellings dataset (2014); updated by Cristian Gazdac (Dec. 2016).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

WORTEGEM

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Weapons
Fragments of weapons

Ring
Unknown number and material

Funerary urn
Two funerary urns. It is not stated whether the coins were found inside.

Shards

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

WORTEGEM

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Weapons Fragments of weapons

Ring Unknown number and material

Funerary urn Two funerary urns. It is not stated whether the coins were found inside.

Shards

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Weapons
Fragments of weapons

Ring
Unknown number and material

Funerary urn
Two funerary urns. It is not stated whether the coins were found inside.