Holzthum Hoard

The cache consists of a total of 141 solidii, encompassing eight Roman emperors, who reigned between 364 to 408 AD.

In September 2019, a pair amateur archaeologists, Jos Müller and Cliff Nosbusch, were scouting for potsherds in a field.

Müller caught a glimpse of gold on the surface of the soil, revealing a solidus in near-mint condition.

[1][3] As a result of excavations, the field was scientifically documented and identified as a burgus, a Late Roman military fort, based on the foundations of the building that the cache was deposited in, a total of 141 solidi were subsequently extracted, a hypothesis that Müller has long assumed when searching the site.

[1] The SEDAL assisted in the finds due to past documentation of World War II-era mines and munitions buried in the locality.