KLAGENFURT 1880

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Location

City

Klagenfurt

County

Klagenfurt

Region

Kärnten

Country

Austria

Lat/Long/Alt

46.684 / 14.256 / 586.78 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Roman marble quarry

Information

13134

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Hoard name

KLAGENFURT 1880

Alternative names

TENTSCHACH

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1880

Total number of coins

Summary

Large number of silver coins found with a ceramic vessel. The minting period run from 91 BC to AD 254. Only 69 coins are preserved: 1 aureus, 66 denarii, 2 drachms: Republic to Hadrian (AD 119-122).

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Disposition

Landesmuseum, Klagenfurt, Austria
Comment

Found in an ancient marble quarry in the woods, near a Roman inscription on the rock and Roman stone-crusher tools made of iron.
Closing reign (earliest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (earliest)

119
Closing reign (latest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (latest)

122
Opening year (earliest)

-91
Opening year (latest)

-91
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Good
Rating comment

For the preserved coins up to Hadrian
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Natural feature

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

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References

Reference

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

Ref

32, no. E-13

Reference

FMRÖ II/3

Ref

23-25

Reference

Brenot, C. and Loriot, X. - 1992 - L'or monnayé 3 : Trouvailles de monnaies d'or dans l'Occident romain. Actes de la Table Ronde tenue à Paris les 4 et 5 décembre 1987

Ref

266, no. 8

Comment

For the aureus issued by Vespasian for Titus (Caesar).

Updated by C. Gazdac (Dec. 2018). Coin level information added by M. Ball (Dec. 2021). Updated by C. Gazdac (Dec. 2021).

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