The Trier Gold Hoard is a hoard of over 2500 gold coins with a weight of 18.5 kg found in Trier, Germany, in September 1993 during construction works. It is described as the largest preserved Roman gold hoard worldwide.
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A Dutch man faced attempted robbery charges for the failed theft of the Trier Hoard. In 2019, a group of men broke into the Rhineland State Museum with the intention to steal the hoard. The group entered the museum by scaling scaffolding and prying open a window. Inside, they discovered a thick pane of glass reinforced with steel mesh. It proved too difficult to remove. Within three minutes the alarm went off, prompting the thieves to flee. |
The 'Trier Gold Hoard' is the largest Roman gold hoard ever discovered.
 | On 9 September 1993, an excavator unearthed and ripped apart a bronze cauldron during excavations for an underground parking garage. Part of the cauldron and some coins went to a dump site, initially unnoticed. An amateur archaeologist, Erich Eixner went back to the excavation site at night and found the larger part of the bronze cauldron, containing 560 coins and an additional lump of 1500 coins. He informed authorities and received about 20,000 DM, a fraction of their worth. The oldest coins were struck by Nero in 63/64 AD, the youngest under Septimius Severus between 193 and 196. | |
