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<p>[QUOTE="JJ Walker, post: 7961156, member: 125206"]This is very interesting! Thank you for posting this! In the articles I found they mentioned that the coins were just laying there exposed. I'm really surprised they weren't in some kind of box or chest!</p><p><br /></p><p>15 kg is really a lot and weird someone would just dig a hole and dump them in. Maybe it was done in a rush. Certainly it wouldn't have been an average citizen. Do we have any sort of documented history of Augsburg back in 100-200 AD? I wonder if there were any major invasions or uprisings that would have caused someone in the aristocracy to panic hide their wealth.</p><p>------EDIT 1</p><p>Just found this:</p><p>"The value of the silver coins unearthed in Augsburg at that time corresponded to the eleven annual salaries of a legionnaire."</p><p>Wow!</p><p>------EDIT 2</p><p>Wikipedia had this to say:</p><p>"In 120 AD Augsburg became the administrative capital of the Roman province Raetia. Augsburg was sacked by the Huns in the 5th century AD"</p><p><br /></p><p>So based on one article they said one of the coins had Hadrian on it. So that would put the floor around 118 AD right? And I guess the Huns put a ceiling in the 5th century, though I'd be surprised if there were a bunch of 350 year old coins safely kept that long.</p><p>------EDIT 3</p><p>I've sent an email to the (currently closed down) Roman museum there asking if they have more info.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime I found the following here:</p><p><a href="https://www.alaturka.info/en/germany/bavaria/swabia/4316-augsburg-interesting-roman-finds-in-augusta-vindelicorum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.alaturka.info/en/germany/bavaria/swabia/4316-augsburg-interesting-roman-finds-in-augusta-vindelicorum" rel="nofollow">https://www.alaturka.info/en/germany/bavaria/swabia/4316-augsburg-interesting-roman-finds-in-augusta-vindelicorum</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"In 260 AD, the Germanic Juthungen invaded Italy and Raetia and abducted thousands of Italians. On their return march, however, they were defeated in a two-day battle by the Roman governor and put to flight, as evidenced in 1992 by Augsburg Victory Altar. In 271 it came to repeated attacks of the Juthungen and other tribes for the siege of the city.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the division of the Roman province of Raetia in 294 Augsburg became capital of the province of Raetia Secunda, to which, after the end of Roman rule in 450, the Alemanni invaded."</p><p><br /></p><p>So perhaps it was these Juthungen jerks attacking in 260 AD (even though they lost) or 271 AD that caused this person to bury it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JJ Walker, post: 7961156, member: 125206"]This is very interesting! Thank you for posting this! In the articles I found they mentioned that the coins were just laying there exposed. I'm really surprised they weren't in some kind of box or chest! 15 kg is really a lot and weird someone would just dig a hole and dump them in. Maybe it was done in a rush. Certainly it wouldn't have been an average citizen. Do we have any sort of documented history of Augsburg back in 100-200 AD? I wonder if there were any major invasions or uprisings that would have caused someone in the aristocracy to panic hide their wealth. ------EDIT 1 Just found this: "The value of the silver coins unearthed in Augsburg at that time corresponded to the eleven annual salaries of a legionnaire." Wow! ------EDIT 2 Wikipedia had this to say: "In 120 AD Augsburg became the administrative capital of the Roman province Raetia. Augsburg was sacked by the Huns in the 5th century AD" So based on one article they said one of the coins had Hadrian on it. So that would put the floor around 118 AD right? And I guess the Huns put a ceiling in the 5th century, though I'd be surprised if there were a bunch of 350 year old coins safely kept that long. ------EDIT 3 I've sent an email to the (currently closed down) Roman museum there asking if they have more info. In the meantime I found the following here: [URL]https://www.alaturka.info/en/germany/bavaria/swabia/4316-augsburg-interesting-roman-finds-in-augusta-vindelicorum[/URL] "In 260 AD, the Germanic Juthungen invaded Italy and Raetia and abducted thousands of Italians. On their return march, however, they were defeated in a two-day battle by the Roman governor and put to flight, as evidenced in 1992 by Augsburg Victory Altar. In 271 it came to repeated attacks of the Juthungen and other tribes for the siege of the city. After the division of the Roman province of Raetia in 294 Augsburg became capital of the province of Raetia Secunda, to which, after the end of Roman rule in 450, the Alemanni invaded." So perhaps it was these Juthungen jerks attacking in 260 AD (even though they lost) or 271 AD that caused this person to bury it![/QUOTE]
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