Fig. 517.—Facsimile of the rings of the perfect horn (Fig. [513]).
Bangstrup Find (Fyen).—Conspicuous among many remarkable finds is the Bangstrup find (Fyen, 1865), in which rings of gold used as money, ornaments of peculiar shape, and 46 gold Roman coins, which were pierced or had a loop attached to the top, were discovered. The coins, ranging from the time of Trajanus Decius (249–251) to that of Constantine II. (337–351), give an approximate idea of the time of the deposit of the find; for, while most of the earlier coins are well worn, the later ones are very well preserved and the coinage is very sharp and clear, thus indicating that they cannot have been long in circulation. As the dates of these later coins are about 340–350, the find cannot have been buried much later than that time.
307–323.
Fig. 518.
IMP. LICINIVS. P. F. AVG.
ORIENS AVGVSTORVM.
306–337.
Fig. 519.
CONSTANTINVS PFAVG.
VICTORIA. CONSTANTINI. AVG.
Fig. 520.—Gold coin.
