BERDORF 1908

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Location

City

Berdorf

County

Grevenmacher

Region

Country

Luxembourg

Lat/Long/Alt

49.821 / 6.349 / 374.48 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The coins were found in a cave called "Keltenhiel" (or "Raiberhiel"), which is located near the Müllerthal, on the height of the "Schnellert" (right bank of the Ernz Noire).

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7450

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7450

Hoard name

BERDORF 1908

Alternative names

MÜLLERTHAL; BERDORF 1909

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Apr 1908

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 64 barbarous radiates of Postumus, Victorinus and Tetricus I and 26 unstruck flans. They were found during the excavation of a cave, not far from Berdorf. The presence of several identical coins and unstruck flans suggests that there was a forger's mint somewhere in the vicinity.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Cave
Disposition

Cabinet des Médailles du Musée d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg (84 coins); private collection (5 coins)
Finder(s)

Forest ranger Bisdorf of Berdorf
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

FMRL I

Ref

p. 62, no. 22

Reference

FMRL II

Ref

p. 23; no. 21

Reference

FMRL III

Ref

p. 28; no. 16

Reference

FMRL V

Ref

p. 205; no. 118

Comment

under MÜLLERTHAL

Uploaded by J. Mairat (Nov. 2015); data added by P.Walton (10.6.16); updated by C. Gazdac (June 2018; Apr. 2020).

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