DALHEIM-RICCIACUM 1842

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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 called 'Petzel.'

Information

7444

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7444

Hoard name

DALHEIM-RICCIACUM 1842

Alternative names

RICCIACUM; RICCIACVM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Jun 1842

Total number of coins

24000

Summary

The original hoard comprised of approx. 24,000 "medium and small bronze" coins (folles for the most part, some fractions, serveral argentei and billon as well as some radiates). Only circa 14,000 have a basic description of the reverse type and emperor (not included here). Others are recorded to greater detail. The hoard was split and a significant part was sold by De la Fontaine (governor) to Brussels, but there is no catalog. There may be some at Cologne (1,324) but the largest portion went to Rollin et Feuardent (paris) in 1874. The hoard comprises 34 nummi from Diocletian to Galerius with a tpq of AD 302 to 303. No further details are given about the discovery or context of the hoard.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Cabinet des Médailles du Musée d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg (inv.nos. 162-194); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Münzkabinett, Germany (34 coins)
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (earliest)

302
Closing reign (latest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (latest)

303
Opening year (earliest)

275
Opening year (latest)

276
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
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

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Vicus

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

FMRL I

Ref

104, no. 81

Reference

FMRL II

Ref

p. 33-34, no. 46

Reference

FMRL IV

Ref

p. 70-71; no. 63

Reference

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

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

no. 1290

Hobbs dataset (2015); uploaded by J. Mairat (Nov. 2015); data added by P.Walton (09.6.16); updated by C. Gazdac (June 2018; Apr. 2020); update by B.D.R. Hellings (Jan 2019). Reverse types by mint/emperor need to be manually entered.

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