Bremen silver coin find

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The Bremer Silbermünzenfund , also known as the Bremer Fund , is a hoard that was found in 1887 on the station forecourt, part of the former Bürgerweide , in Bremen . It was in an undamaged salt- glazed jug and contained around 1300 silver coins and a simple silver ring from the 14th century. The final coin dates from 1403. The hoard is considered to be the most important treasure found in Bremen.

Coins

In addition to 324 Bremen “ thick pennies ”, there were coins from Diepholz , Vechta , Wildeshausen and Oldenburg , as well as from Osnabrück and Münster , Paderborn , Herford , Minden and Bielefeld as well as other mints. The Swaren are mainly those from the region, which were inferior to their Münster models and of which five instead of four went to one Groten.

Lübeck denarii ( bracteates ) from the Bremen find. Focke Museum Bremen, 2017

According to Heinrich Buchenau's list , 324 Bremen flocks could be identified, which were minted there from 1369. 38 coins came from mints of Count von Hoya-Nienburg , 39 from Count Otto von Hoya-Hoya and an undefined Hoyic denarius or halfling ; 29 of the nobleman Johann von Diepholz, 33 come from Vechta, 54 from Wildeshausen (some with the name of Vogtes Friedrich von Schagen), plus 109 Oldenburg coins, 18 came from Münster, 10 from Osnabrück, 52 from Bielefeld, nine from Minden, three from Paderborn, finally there were 12 denarii from abbess Hildegund from Herford, seven from the same place with the name of a “Godera” and two Herford halves. A denarius was probably minted under Dietrich von der Mark zu Dinslaken , possibly an Emden denarius was added, a denarius as it was minted in Dortmund , a Lippian denarius and an older Hessian denarius as well as a denarius that cannot be specified. The vast majority of the coins come from the time before 1350. In addition to these coins from the Ems-Weser area, there were also coins with the Luebian rate of interest, namely Witten , Dreilinge , double-sided pfennigs (1/4 of Witten), hollow pfennigs and theirs Halves ( Scherfe ). These come from Hamburg , Lüneburg , Lübeck , Mecklenburg , Parchim , Wismar and Rostock . In addition, there are some Scherfe from Pomerania as well as other coins from the Baltic Sea area and a single Franconian denarius. Like all these coins, the Witte of the chief of Jever Edo Wiemken belongs to the Luebian currency.

Discovery and Origin

The treasure was discovered on October 17, 1887 during the expansion of a swimming pool in front of the train station, which continued until 1889 and which existed there until 1954. Although a swimming pool had already been opened there in 1877, it was intended exclusively for men, so that a women's pool was to be set up from 1887. When excavating the ground for the intended basin, the coin treasure was found at a depth of "eight feet". Exact circumstances of the find were not documented , since there was no state monument preservation in Bremen at that time . The treasure was initially acquired by the Bremen State Archives , part of which was taken to the Focke Museum in Bremen. Only a few individual coins are on display.

There is little viable speculation about the original owner. However, the treasure proves the extensive trade relations in Bremen and the origin of the money in Bremen at the time.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Dieter Bischop : From the cattle pasture to the ladies bath , in: Archeology in Germany 02 | 2017, p. 42.
  2. ^ Heinrich Buchenau: Der Bremer Fund , in: Zeitschrift für Numismatik 19 (1895) 1-52, here: p. 1.