Treasure find from Winnefeld
The scattered treasure found in Winnefeld in Solling in the Northeim district in Lower Saxony was made in 1879 by forest workers just below the surface of the earth. The 133 Roman copper coins are almost exclusively sesterces . The treasure trove is unique in the north of West Germany; Corresponding sesterces can only be found again in East Prussia .
In terms of time, the find covers a period from around 119 AD ( Hadrian ) to 268 AD ( Postumus , founder and first emperor of the so-called Gallic special empire Imperium Galliarum ). The coins are badly worn and so corroded that only about half can be clearly assigned to a ruler.
Found vessels were not known.
See also
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Häßler : Prehistory and early history in Lower Saxony . Theiss, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-8062-0495-0 p. 520