LA VENERA

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Location

City

Sanguinetto

County

Verona

Region

Veneto

Country

Italy

Lat/Long/Alt

45.181 / 11.181 / 16.94 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The findspot is located in a field 10m away from the road between the villages of Sanguinetto and Cerea.

Information

12029

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/12029

Hoard name

LA VENERA

Alternative names

VENERA

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Dec 1876

Total number of coins

45873

Summary

The hoard originally comprised 50.591 antoniniani: Gordianus III - Maximian I ( AD 293). Almost the whole hoard was acquired and now 45.873 coins are kept in the Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona. This find is extensively published. 168 kilos.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio, 45873 coins; otherwise dispersed
Comment

After the chance discovery of the first container, a second one was recovered thanks to brief archaeological investigations. In the same occasion remains of a possible private Roman building were unearthed.
Closing reign (earliest)

Maximian (RIC V)
Terminal year (earliest)

286
Closing reign (latest)

Maximian (RIC V)
Terminal year (latest)

293
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1876
Site comment

A possible private Roman building of uncertain nature. Associated finds: roof tiles, bricks, mosaic tesserae, pottery sherds (red slip ware), metal objects, coins (As, 1st century AD-AE3, Valens).
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain structure