SCEAUX

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Location

City

Sceaux

County

Hauts-de-Seine

Region

Île-de-France

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

48.7785 / 2.2899 / 101 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

2,400 m eastward, on a field called Pré-Haut, on the area of the former Vellaunodunum.

Information

3010

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3010

Hoard name

SCEAUX

Alternative names

Vellaunodunum

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1852

Total number of coins

1020

Summary

1,020 coins; 9 aurei Vespasian to Plautilla. Gold: 9 coins; Gold weight: 64.0-64.7g; Silver: 1011 coins; Silver weight: 1851.2-2920.7g

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Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

3
Land Use

Unknown
Finder(s)

Farmers
Comment

While digging ancient foundations.
Closing reign (earliest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (earliest)

206
Closing reign (latest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (latest)

206
Opening year (earliest)

54
Opening year (latest)

68
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

Some of the coins can be entered at the coin data level.
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

About 200 m from the Roman road from Cenabum to Lutetia. The cellar is about 4 x 2.60 m built in stones without plaster.
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain structure

Depositional context

Cellar

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Whitish coarse little fired. Elongated shape and two handles. H: 16 cm; D: 38 cm

References

Reference

E. ? - 1852 - Chronique. Trouvailles des médailles romaines

Ref

313-316

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1900 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines et les invasions germaniques de la Gaule

Ref

no. 483

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

no. 100

Updated by C. Gazdac (June 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SCEAUX

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Whitish coarse little fired. Elongated shape and two handles. H: 16 cm; D: 38 cm

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SCEAUX

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Whitish coarse little fired. Elongated shape and two handles. H: 16 cm; D: 38 cm

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire