FAMARS 2009

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Location

City

Famars

County

Nord

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Ancient place

Fanum Martis

Lat/Long/Alt

50.314 / 3.519 / 74 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

At the place called 'La Rhonelle'.

Information

13038

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/13038

Hoard name

FAMARS 2009

Alternative names

FAMARS #3; FANUM MARTIS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2009

Total number of coins

135

Summary

135 sestertii found in a cooking pot covered by a plate: Domitian - Maximinus I Thrax (AD 236-238).

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Built over
Comment

During rescue excavations to build a residencial area.
Closing reign (earliest)

Maximinus I Thrax
Terminal year (earliest)

236
Closing reign (latest)

Maximinus I Thrax
Terminal year (latest)

238
Opening year (earliest)

85
Opening year (latest)

96
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Date of excavation (from)

2008
Date of excavation (to)

2009
Site comment

Rural settlement of 2.2 ha. Towards AD 320 the settlement declined and the building materials were reused for a fortification. During the 5th century AD was the siege of the Praefectus laetorum Neruiorum. A public space, free of construction, develops around the theater. It is delimited in a first phase (late 1st century - late 2nd century) by a ditch. Apart from an octagonal temple that will delimit it, only a cistern and a votive pit were dug there. Several buildings with unknown functions run along this perimeter in the constructible zone while, further north, various crafts workshops are set up, including forges. Facing them, luxurious houses, with walls decorated with plaster and private baths too the east side of the road. At the northern end, large edifices of domus and villa types were revealed in a regular urban pattern.
Associated features

The hoard was found in the public space with a pot covered by a plate.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Urban

Context

Enclosed settlement

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooki

Globular shape. Covered by a plate. Both of local production. No further information. Pilon 2015, 124, fig. 4

References

Reference

Pilon, F. - 2015 - Les trésors de sesterces de Famars #3 (Nord) et de Lahoussoye (Somme) (terminus décennie 250)

Ref

122-124; 145-153 (catalogue)

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URI 2

Comment

Pilon 2015, 123, fig. 3

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (September 2018).

Coin Hoards
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FAMARS 2009

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooki

Globular shape. Covered by a plate. Both of local production. No further information. Pilon 2015, 124, fig. 4

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

FAMARS 2009

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooki

Globular shape. Covered by a plate. Both of local production. No further information. Pilon 2015, 124, fig. 4

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