PANNECÉ 2002

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Location

City

Pannecé

County

Loire-Atlantique

Region

Pays de la Loire

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

47.479 / -1.2317 / 46 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

In the vicinity of PANNECÉ 1841

Information

16741

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/16741

Hoard name

PANNECÉ 2002

Alternative names

Pannecé II

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2 Nov 2002

Total number of coins

42000

Summary

108 kg found in a large ceramic jar and, probably, a box or, rather, of a canvas bag or leather, according to the rectangular shape of the second heap of coins: 41,200 antoniniani (radiates) and 1 denarius. Among issuers Valerian I, Gallienus, Quintillus, Aurelian, Claudius II, Postumus, Laelianus, Marius, Victorinus, Tetricus I, Tetricus II. Notably Gallienus and Claudius II (27%), the Gallo-Roman emperors Victorinus, Tetricus I and Tetricus II in particular (56%), and local imitations. A rare denarius of Tetricus I.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Musée Dobrée, Nantes, France
Finder(s)

A British family
Comment

Two walkers along the Donneau river in the town of Pannecé see around twenty green discs, copper coins, on the surface of a field of freshly cut corn washed out by the rains. They dig the ground and find a broken ceramic vessel filled with coins, then, they discover yet another almost intact jar and a heap of coins, vaguely rectangular, making think of the contents of a box or, rather, of a canvas bag or leather.
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Aurelian
Terminal year (latest)

275
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

260
Coin-level data

Not available

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Associated features

A state-funded control excavation by the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research reached the conclusion that the hoard had been buried in a pit, at the foot of the wall of a building whose stones had been recovered over time for new construction.
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Domestic building