HEERLEN 1975

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City

Heerlen

County

Heerlen

Region

Limburg

Country

Netherlands

Ancient place

Coriovallum

Lat/Long/Alt

50.885 / 5.977 / 115.33 view

Location details

Centred on field

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Former Roman settlement of Coriovallum.

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Hoard name

HEERLEN 1975

Alternative names

CORIOVALLUM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

22 Sep 1975

Total number of coins

869

Summary

869 antoniniani (radiates), barbarous imitations: Divus Claudius II and Tetrici (AD 271-274).

Discovery method

Unknown
Discovery depth (m)

0.60
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Thermenmuseum Heerlen; Koninklijk Penningkabinet, The Hague, Netherlands
Finder(s)

J.K. Gielen, staff member of the Heerlen Municipal Archaeological Service
Comment

Excavation work for the baths museum. Found in the filling of a Roman ditch.
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

268
Opening year (latest)

270
Coin-level data

Not available

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Site comment

The settlement of Coriovallum was founded on the crossroad of two main roads: Boulogne sur Mer - Cologne and Xanten - Aachen - Trier. In Coriovallum’s surroundings a lot of evidence of Roman life has been excavated, especially Roman villas. The most notable archeological excavation from Roman times is the Thermae complex in the centre of Heerlen, a Roman bathhouse, discovered in 1940. Like many other Roman settlements in the Netherlands, Coriovallum was probably abandoned after the 3rd/4th century AD Roman retreat. (Wkipedia)
Associated features

"The coins were pressed together like a flat oval packet with a maximal length of 30 cm and a maximal thickness of 5 cm, at a depth of 60 cm.[...]On top of the packet of coins there was a large stone. It could no longer be determined whether the stone had been deliberately put on top of the coins as a cover, or whether the stone had landed on top by accident. Though the form of the packet suggested that the coins had been buried in a wrapping of leather or linen, no remains of any covering were discovered." (Jamar and van der Vin 1976, 169)
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Urban

Context

Bath house

Depositional context

Ditch