page_title: Zürich–Enge Alpenquai
section_title: Finds
hierarchical_section_title: Zürich–Enge Alpenquai / Finds
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Keltische Potinmünze des Zürcher Typs aus der La-Tène-Zeit, gegossen von ansässigen Helvetiern, evtl. im Oppidum Lindenhof. Fundorte u.a. Bahnhofstrasse (Bürkliplatz) - evtl. Siedlung Alpenquai oder Grosser Hafner - und beim Oppidum Uetliberg. English: so called "Zürich type" Potin coins, La Tène culture Die Potinmünze vom Zürcher Typ weist auf der Vorderseite ein Doppelanker-Ornament auf, auf der Rückseite ein nicht eindeutig identifizierbares, gehörntes Tier (vielleicht ein Hirsch) mit geschweiftem Schwanz. Am 3. Juli 1890 kamen in einer Baugrube beim damaligen Börsengebäude an der Bahnhofstrasse 1 in 5,5 Metern Tiefe mehrere Metallklumpen zum Vorschein, deren grösster 59,2 kg wiegt. Die Brocken bestehen aus einer grossen Anzahl miteinander verschmolzener keltischer Münzen, die mit Holzkohlestücken durchmischt sind. Es lassen sich zwei Münztypen unterscheiden: Potinmünzen vom sogenannten Zürcher Typ, die einheimischen Helvetiern zuweisbar sind, und Potinmünzen der in Ostgallien beheimateten Sequaner. Insgesamt wurden gegen 18'000 Potinmünzen aufgeschmolzen, welche sich in die Zeit um 100 v. Chr. datieren lassen. Beschreibung aus: Infoblatt Keltisches Geld in Zürich: Der spektakuläre «Potinklumpen». Amt für Städtebau der Stadt Zürich, Stadtarchäologie (Hrsg.). Zürich, Oktober 2007.
context_page_description: Zürich–Enge Alpenquai is one of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, of which 56 are located in Switzerland.
context_section_description: On the occasion of construction works, investigation conducted by probes and probing ditches occurred in 1970. Despite the dredging for the construction of the Seequai between 1916 and 1919, an amazingly big area of approximately 2.8 hectares (7 acres) with two cultural layers was preserved. Both, the upper and the lower cultural layer, were separated by an about 10 centimetres (3.94 in) cm thick layer of lake marl composed of several layers of different materials. There were found pile shoes at different altitudes in the cultural layers and rich bar decoration of ceramics occurred exclusively in the lower layer, while the decoration on cannelure groups was limited to the upper layer, as well as some graphite-decorated fragments.
  So-called Potin lumps, of which the largest weighs 59.2 kilograms (131 lb), were found at Alpenquai in 1890. They consist of a large number of fused Celtic coins, which are mixed with charcoal remnants. Some of the about 18,000 coins originate from Eastern Gaul, while others are of the Zürich type, that were assigned to the local Helvetii, and date to around 100 BC. The find is so far unique, and the scientific research assumes that the melting down of the lumps was not completed, and therefore the aim was to form cultic offerings. The site of the find was at that time at least 50 metres (164 ft) from the lake shore, and probably 1 metre (3 ft) to 3 metres (10 ft) deep in the water.
caption: Potin coin of the Zürich Type
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