BRAINS-SUR-LES-MARCHES

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Location

City

Brains-sur-les-Marches

County

Mayenne

Region

Pays de la Loire

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

47.887 / -1.182 / 98.48 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

12789

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/12789

Hoard name

BRAINS-SUR-LES-MARCHES

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Jun 1991

Total number of coins

4370

Summary

4,370 coins found in a cooking pot with graffiti (ME X): 4 denarii, 4,366 antoniniani (radiates): Gordian III - Probus (AD 276-282)

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

0.70
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Centre archéologique de la Mayenne, Jublains, France
Finder(s)

Building owner
Comment

Found by the owner of the modern house who was renovating the building.
Closing reign (earliest)

Probus
Terminal year (earliest)

276
Closing reign (latest)

Probus
Terminal year (latest)

282
Opening year (earliest)

241
Opening year (latest)

243
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot with graffiti

Broken at the time of discovery, it has been reconstructed. Height: 25 cm; maximum diameter: 24.5 cm; rim diameter 10 cm; bottom diameter: 6.5 cm. Decorated with a double line placed 4.9 cm from the rim. Right below of it a graffiti: ME X.

References

Reference

Hollard, D. and Lechat, S. - 2000 - Le trésor de Brains-sur-les-Marches (Mayenne)

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57-116

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (May 2018).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BRAINS-SUR-LES-MARCHES

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot with graffiti

Broken at the time of discovery, it has been reconstructed. Height: 25 cm; maximum diameter: 24.5 cm; rim diameter 10 cm; bottom diameter: 6.5 cm. Decorated with a double line placed 4.9 cm from the rim. Right below of it a graffiti: ME X.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BRAINS-SUR-LES-MARCHES

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot with graffiti

Broken at the time of discovery, it has been reconstructed. Height: 25 cm; maximum diameter: 24.5 cm; rim diameter 10 cm; bottom diameter: 6.5 cm. Decorated with a double line placed 4.9 cm from the rim. Right below of it a graffiti: ME X.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire