MARSCHERWALD

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Location

City

Marscherwald

County

Grevenmacher

Region

Country

Luxembourg

Lat/Long/Alt

49.762 / 6.283 / 343.31 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

At the place called "Breitweiler Dael" (88.53 x 91.09 on the topographic map to 20.000e).

Information

7440

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Hoard name

MARSCHERWALD

Alternative names

MARSCHER WALD I-IV

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1966

(to)

1980

Total number of coins

1013

Summary

The core of the hoard was discovered around 1966. At the same spot, up to 1980 were discovered coins of the same hoard. The hoard comprises 1,013 antoniniani (radiates) and nummi to Magnentius and Constantius II with a tpq of AD 351 to 353.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Comment

Found while ploughing a field.
Closing reign (earliest)

Magnentius
Terminal year (earliest)

351
Closing reign (latest)

Magnentius
Terminal year (latest)

353
Opening year (earliest)

268
Opening year (latest)

270
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

FMRL I

Ref

p. 408-410; no. 228

Reference

FMRL II

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p. 143-151, no. 142

Reference

FMRL III

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p. 255-263, no. 162

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FMRL IV

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p. 280-283, no. 169

Reference

Guest, P. - 1994 - A Comparative Study of Coin Hoards from the Western Roman Empire

Reference

FMRL V

Ref

p. 189-191, no. 110

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2013 - Currency and exchange in ancient Pompeii : coins from the AAPP excavations at Regio VI, Insula 1

Ref

nos. 1353-1356

P.Walton (3.6.16); P. Walton (6.6.16); P. Walton (7.6.16); updated by C. Gazdac (June 2018), update by B.D.R. Hellings (Feb 2019). Updated by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2020).

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