bavarikon4UThe late Roman coin hoard from Prutting-Mühlthal near Rosenheim in Upper Bavaria
With 1289 silver coins, the find from Prutting-Mühlthal is one of the largest Roman coin treasures from Bavaria. It was discovered thanks to a project by a private citizen who wanted to create a fish pond in the 1990s. However, after the dredged pit failed to collect a sufficient amount of water, he abandoned the project without refilling the pit. The owner found some late antiquity coins in the pit and in the excavated material. In May 2000, an exploratory cut was therefore made in the adjacent area, touching the outer edge of the hoard. The observed clay layer on top of the coin find indicated a flooding event that can be dated to the period after 238/239 on the basis of the latest silver coins and is possibly related to the loss of the coins. More than 90% of these are denarii, 107 coins are antoniniani (double denarii) of the emperors Caracalla (211-217), Elagabal (218-222) and Gordianus III (238-244). About one sixth of the coins were minted for female members of the imperial family. Among the denarii are 57 coinages from the mints of Antioch, Emesa, Alexandria and Laodicea, which are located in the east of the empire. The oldest, heavily worn coins date from the reign of Emperor Vespasian (69-79), the most recent coins were issued under Emperor Gordian III. Both the good preservation and composition of these coins suggest that the owner of the hoard received a large sum of cash in the late 230s or early 240s before burying or losing them.
>> This collection is part of the "Roman Age coin finds" from the Archäologische Staatssammlung München (Archaelogical State Collection).