Gold treasure from Dortmund
The gold treasure from Dortmund is an important deposit from the early 5th century AD. It was discovered in Dortmund in 1907 during construction work in the Ritter brewery . The objects are located in the Museum for Art and Cultural History Dortmund . The find consists of 444 gold solidi , some of which were in a Roman clay pot, as well as 16 fragmented silver coins and three gold neck rings . The coins date from a minting period of 80 years, the oldest minting from the year 335 was for Constantine I , the youngest for the usurper Constantine III. who ruled from 407 to 411. According to this term post quem , the landfill cannot have been made before the year 407. The neck rings have a thickened middle part and a pear-shaped fastening loop. Comparable neck rings can be found in Horten on the Lower Rhine and in Westphalia (see, for example, the Velp treasure ).
literature
- Kurt Regling and the Dortmund City Art and Craft Museum: The Dortmund find of Roman gold coins . Ruhfus, Hagen 1908.
Web links
- Presentation on the homepage of the Museum for Art and Cultural History of the City of Dortmund
- The find in the Internet portal "Westphalian History"
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 53 ″ N , 7 ° 27 ′ 12 ″ E