CHUR GR 1935

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Location

City

Chur

County

Plessur

Region

Grisons

Country

Switzerland

Lat/Long/Alt

46.852 / 9.515 / 580.64 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

6588

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6588

Hoard name

CHUR GR 1935

Alternative names

Pizokel

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1935

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 45 nummi, found in the forest above Chur.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Woodland
Disposition

Rätische Museum, Chur
Closing reign (earliest)

Magnentius
Terminal year (earliest)

351
Closing reign (latest)

Magnentius
Terminal year (latest)

353
Opening year (earliest)

346
Opening year (latest)

350
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Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather pouch

Remains of leather were found, probably belonging to a leather pouch in which the coins were place, together with a Bronze sheet (see Cahn. Overbeck only mentions a spherical vessel made of a bronze sheet)

References

Reference (string)

H. A. Cahn, Der Münzfund vom Pizokel bei Chur, SNR 30, 1943, pp. 104–113; Archäologie in Graubünden, p. 169; D. Wigg, Nordgallien, pp. 292-293, no. 51; JbSGU 35, 1944, p. 66; SNR 26, 1938, pp. 170-171; etc.

Reference

Cahn, H.A. - 1943 - Der Münzfund vom Pizokel bei Chur

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.

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no. 97, pp. 202-4

SICF/IFS/ITMS dataset; edited by M. Spoerri (Sept. 2026).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CHUR GR 1935

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather pouch

Remains of leather were found, probably belonging to a leather pouch in which the coins were place, together with a Bronze sheet (see Cahn. Overbeck only mentions a spherical vessel made of a bronze sheet)

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CHUR GR 1935

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather pouch

Remains of leather were found, probably belonging to a leather pouch in which the coins were place, together with a Bronze sheet (see Cahn. Overbeck only mentions a spherical vessel made of a bronze sheet)

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire