VILLETELLE 2002

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Location

City

Villetelle

County

Hérault

Region

Occitaine

Country

France

Ancient place

Ambrussum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrussum

Lat/Long/Alt

43.7195 / 4.1494 / 14 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

16416

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/16416

Hoard name

VILLETELLE 2002

Alternative names

AMBRUSSUM; AMBRVSSVM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2002

Total number of coins

Summary

43 denarii: Republic - Septimius Severus (AD 206-210). Found together jewels and dices embedded in a wall.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Museum "Henri Prdaes", Lattes, France (inv.nos. 851-893
Closing reign (earliest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (earliest)

206
Closing reign (latest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (latest)

210
Opening year (earliest)

-169
Opening year (latest)

-169
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Oppidum and road station
Associated features

Treasure 12236, found in layer 12136, must have been deposited in a cavity in this part of the wall which was probably made of adobes. It is not known whether the hoard belongs to room 6 or to the courtyard.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Domestic building, Road station

Depositional context

Courtyard

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

Berdeaux-Le Brazidec, M.-L. - 2004 - Un dépôt de deniers découvert dans la station routière d'Ambrussum (Villetelle, Hérault)

Ref

259-275

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2020); coin-level data provided by M. Ball (Oct. 21)

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

VILLETELLE 2002

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Silver ring
Silver ring with shoulder, with metallic kitten.

Double end snake silver ring
Guiraud type 7

Silver earring
Ornated with stripes.

Octagonal intaglio on carnelian
Depicting Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia.

Small intaglio in blue glass paste
Elongated oval shape. Dauphin to left.

Four bone dice
Type Béal B. III

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

VILLETELLE 2002

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Silver ring Silver ring with shoulder, with metallic kitten.

Double end snake silver ring Guiraud type 7

Silver earring Ornated with stripes.

Octagonal intaglio on carnelian Depicting Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia.

Small intaglio in blue glass paste Elongated oval shape. Dauphin to left.

Four bone dice Type Béal B. III

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Silver ring
Silver ring with shoulder, with metallic kitten.

Double end snake silver ring
Guiraud type 7

Silver earring
Ornated with stripes.

Octagonal intaglio on carnelian
Depicting Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia.

Small intaglio in blue glass paste
Elongated oval shape. Dauphin to left.

Four bone dice
Type Béal B. III