WINTERTHUR ZH 1958

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Location

City

Winterthur

Address

Oberwinterthur, Kirchhügel

County

Region

Zürich

Country

Switzerland

Ancient place

Vitudurum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitudurum

Lat/Long/Alt

47.509 / 8.755 / 473.06 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

6706

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6706

Hoard name

WINTERTHUR ZH 1958

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Apr 1958

(to)

1958

Total number of coins

Summary

A hoard of 59 denarii, ranging from Vespasian to Antoninus Pius, found in an earthenware pot.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Built over
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

155
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

156
Opening year (earliest)

69
Opening year (latest)

79
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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

Vitudurum was a Roman Vicus replaced / fortified by a castrum (fort) on the present St. Arbogast church hill, surrounded by a wall AD 294.
Site class

Rural

Context

Vicus

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A small pot described as 'doppelkonisch mit abgesetztem Standboden und ziemlich enger Mündung; Höhe 5.7 cm, grösster Durchmesser 9 cm.'

References

Reference

Wiedemer, H. R. - 1958 - Ein Münzschatz des zweiten Jahrhunderts aus Oberwinterthur.

Reference

JbSGU 50 (1963)

Ref

pp. 87–88 and pl. 13–15

SICF/IFS/ITMS dataset; edited by M. Spoerri (Oct. 2025 / Oct. 2026).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

WINTERTHUR ZH 1958

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A small pot described as 'doppelkonisch mit abgesetztem Standboden und ziemlich enger Mündung; Höhe 5.7 cm, grösster Durchmesser 9 cm.'

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

WINTERTHUR ZH 1958

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A small pot described as 'doppelkonisch mit abgesetztem Standboden und ziemlich enger Mündung; Höhe 5.7 cm, grösster Durchmesser 9 cm.'

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire