CHEVROCHES 2002 3

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Location

City

Chevroches

County

Nièvre

Region

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

47.4508 / 3.5461 / 151 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

13021

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/13021

Hoard name

CHEVROCHES 2002 3

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2002

Total number of coins

867

Summary

Hoard of 867 nummi of the House of Constantine I of which 864 are imitations of various mints issues (AD 347-348).

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Built over
Closing reign (earliest)

Constans
Terminal year (earliest)

347
Closing reign (latest)

Constans
Terminal year (latest)

348
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Date of excavation (from)

2001
Date of excavation (to)

2002
Site comment

Settlement started from the Neolithic, a village in Roman time and a large necropolis (200 graves) dated in the Merovingian period. Five insulae were identified for the Roman period over a surface of 14,500 sqm. Th dating of the settlement is betwwen the end of the Augustan era to the beginning of the 5th century AD.
Associated features

Hoard found in a textile bag, now gone, in the room 8 (US 1027), of the metallurgic workshop. In the same workshop were found artefacts made of iron, bronze and lead.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Workshop

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Textile bag?

This bag is presumed based on the quantity and value of coins as no traces were found at the place of discovery.

References

Reference

Gricourt, D. - 2009 - Les trouvailles monétaires de l'agglomération gallo-romaine de Chevroches (Nièvre)

Ref

122-135; 166-175 (catalogue)

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URI 2

Comment

Gricourt 2009, 185, fig. 3

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CHEVROCHES 2002 3

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Textile bag?

This bag is presumed based on the quantity and value of coins as no traces were found at the place of discovery.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CHEVROCHES 2002 3

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Textile bag?

This bag is presumed based on the quantity and value of coins as no traces were found at the place of discovery.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire