DALHEIM-RICCIACUS 1990 1

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Location

City

Dalheim

County

Grevenmacher

Region

Country

Luxembourg

Ancient place

Ricciacum

Lat/Long/Alt

49.543 / 6.259 / 296.46 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The site of Ricciacum. The hoard was found at a place known as Neiensbierg (terrain Entringer)

Information

7439

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7439

Hoard name

DALHEIM-RICCIACUS 1990 1

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

11 Oct 1990

(to)

15 Oct 1990

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard was found during the excavation of the fill of a Roman well in a previously unknown area of the vicus and comprised 54 radiates from Gallienus (sole reign) to Tetricus II with a tpq of AD 274. The coins were interpreted as the contents of a purse.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Cabinet des Médailles du Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg, Luxembourg; inv.no. 1990ss-100/10
Finder(s)

Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

273
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

268
Coin-level data

Available to enter

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Founded during the reign of the Emperor Augustus, the site was at a strategic point on the Via Agrippa, the main Roman road from the Mediterranean to the Rhine. The well-preserved theatre dating from the 2nd century AD could accommodate 3,500 people. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalheim_Ricciacum).
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Vicus

Depositional context

Well

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Purse

Although no purse was found, it is presumed that the hoard was originally contained within a leather or textile purse.

References

Reference

FMRL V

Ref

p. 108, no. 41

P. Walton (3.6.16); updated by C. Gazdac (June 2018).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

DALHEIM-RICCIACUS 1990 1

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Purse

Although no purse was found, it is presumed that the hoard was originally contained within a leather or textile purse.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

DALHEIM-RICCIACUS 1990 1

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Purse

Although no purse was found, it is presumed that the hoard was originally contained within a leather or textile purse.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire