A hoard found near Wesseling by licensed detectorist Oliver Riedl held 934 silver denarii in excavation, the LVR archaeological office for the Rhineland says. Live Science reports the same kind of find: more than 900 Roman silver coins from Hadrian's time, uncovered by a detectorist in Germany. The newest coin was minted in 124 or 125, so the burial falls in Hadrian's reign, 117 to 138. The oldest was minted in 148 BCE and was still valid when buried. Most coins date to the Flavian emperors.
Live Science reports that a metal detectorist in Germany found more than 900 Roman silver coins from the time of the emperor Hadrian. The LVR office gives the excavation figure and the place: 934 silver denarii near Wesseling, found by licensed detectorist Oliver Riedl. A denarius is the standard Roman silver coin. The rounder public count and the trench count are the same hoard told at two precisions.[1], [2]
The LVR notice says the newest coin was minted in 124 or 125, so the burial falls in Hadrian's reign, 117 to 138. The oldest coin was minted in 148 BCE and was already more than 270 years old, and still valid, when buried. Most coins date to the Flavian emperors, 69 to 96. The hoard is a purse that stayed in use across centuries, not a single year's pay.[1]
The LVR office says the find is being shown to specialists for the first time at a meeting in Bonn. About 300 archaeologists are at the annual meeting of the West and South German association for antiquity research. State archaeologist Erich Claßen says it is the largest Hadrian-era hoard of this kind in Germany. Live Science's account stops at the scale and the reign. The superlative is Claßen's, in the LVR notice.[1], [2]
