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BRAUWEILER

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Location

City

Brauweiler

County

Rhein-Erft

Region

Nordrhein-Westfalen

Country

Germany

Lat/Long/Alt

50.957 / 6.781 / 72.9 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

ID

8078

Permalink

https://129.67.241.168/hoard/8078

Hoard name

BRAUWEILER

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Nov 1971

(to)

Nov 1971

Total number of coins

2623

Summary

2623 antoniniani/radiates: Valerian I - Gallic emperors - Aurelian (AD 274).

Details
Coins Summary
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Rating
Archaeological context
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Objects
References
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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

-0.80m
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

A third of the hoard (999) is in the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (see the link under References)
Comment

At the moment of discovery the excavator destroyed the pot container and despite the use of metal detector there is the possibility that some of the coins have gone missing.
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

Discovered at -0.80 m depth under the soil in the clay layer
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

Good quality pottery. Destroyed while discovered.

References

Reference

Ref

http://www3.hhu.de/muenzkatalog/ikmk/home

Reference

Ziegler, Ruprecht - 1983 - Der Schatzfund von Brauweiler : Untersuchungen zur Münzprägung und zum Geldumlauf im gallischen Sonderreich

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2016); additional details added by M. Spoerri (Oct. 2017-May 2018).