WIEN - RENNWEG 1799

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Location

City

Wien

County

Wien

Region

Wien

Country

Austria

Ancient place

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

Lat/Long/Alt

48.193 / 16.392 / 176.32 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Klafter 15. The find spot was between the modern day Rennweg and the Aspang train station. The Aspang train station has been redeveloped and its original location now lies between Landstraßer Gürtel and the Rennweg.

Information

8185

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8185

Hoard name

WIEN - RENNWEG 1799

Alternative names

RENNWEG; VINDOBONA

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

5 Oct 1799

Total number of coins

279

Summary

A hoard of 298 aurei dating from Nero to Lucius Verus was discovered in Vienna in 1799 during the construction of the Wiener Neustadt Canal. Of the 298 aurei, 24 were stolen and 274 initially were recovered. There is information for 279 coins: Nero - Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180). The average weight of the coins was 6.3g.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorischen Museum, Vienna, Austria (191 coins)
Finder(s)

Mathias Rauscher
Comment

Building the Wiener Neustaadt channel.
Closing reign (earliest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (earliest)

161
Closing reign (latest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (latest)

180
Opening year (earliest)

60
Opening year (latest)

60
Coin-level data

Available to enter

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

Originally, Vindobona was an oppidum (proto-urban settlement) on the Leopoldsberg, just north of what is now the center of modern Vienna. It belonged to the Celtic kingdom of Noricum, but under the emperor Augustus added the oppidum to Pannonia, which became a formal province during the second half of the reign of Claudius (AD 41-54). It is at this stage that a subunit of the Fifteenth Legion Apollinaris, which was stationed at Carnuntum, was sent to Vindobona. The first military settlement must have been constructed out of wood, like all forts in this period. During the second half of the first century, it was occupied by several mounted auxiliary units, like an Ala I milliaria from recently conquered Britain. Late in the first century, probably in AD 89, the emperor Domitian transferred the Thirteenth legion Gemina from Poetovio (modern Ptuj in Slovenia) to Vindobona. War had broken out on the Lower Danube, and Rome needed additional forces in Pannonia to fight against the Dacians and their allies. The soldiers of the Thirteenth constructed the legionary base of circa 18.5 hectares. During Marcomannic wars, Vindobona was sacked. The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius defended the Danube frontier and was able to seize the initiative. Vindobona was rebuilt and seems to have offered accommodation to the headquarters of the imperial forces. Marcus Aurelius died on 17 March 180 died in Vindobona. In the first half of the third century, Vindobona was rebuilt again. In AD 212 received the tile of municipium. This was the beginning of the settlement's golden age, which continued after 260, when the Germanic tribes became aggressive again. The fortress was an important bulwark against the northern enemies, and the imperial forces were reinforced. In ca. AD 395, Vindobona was sacked again by Germanic warriors of the Marcomannic tribe, and again, the civil and the military settlement were rebuilt, although probably on a smaller scale. In the first decade of the fifth century, a fire destroyed the fortress. The settlement now also boasted a naval base for the Classis Histrica. Alans and Ostrogoths gradually infiltrated the civil settlement, and the soldiers of the fortress were often recruited from these tribes. In AD 433, the East-Roman emperor Theodosius II allowed the Huns to occupy Vindobona. At the beginning of the sixth century, Pannonia and the city of Vindobona were taken over by the Langobards, and in AD 568, by the Avars, who were ultimately defeated by Charlemagne. (Livius.org; Wikipedia)
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

References

Reference

Kubitschek, W. - 1909 - Ein Fund römischer Goldmünzen in Wien

Ref

90-95

Comment

pdf under web link

Reference

Dembski, G. - 1977 - Die antiken Münzschatzfunde aus Österreich

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20, no. C-15

Reference

FMRÖ IX

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85-86

Reference

Ruske, Al. - 2007 - Die Carnuntiner Schatzfunde

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418

G. A. Green 22.11.16; updated by C. Gazdac (November 2018).

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