ALLONNES 1981

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Location

City

Allonnes

Address

Perrières

County

Sarthe

Region

Pays de la Loire

Country

France

Ancient place

Allonnes
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_archéologique_d%27Allonnes

Lat/Long/Alt

47.969 / 0.159 / 50.28 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

3538

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3538

Hoard name

ALLONNES 1981

Alternative names

ALLONES II

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Nov 1981

Total number of coins

3814

Summary

The hoard comprised a copper-alloy vessel containing 3,814 antoniniani (radiates): Gordian III - Aurelian (AD 270-275); silver weight: 601.7-5745.9 g.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, France
Finder(s)

Farmer
Comment

While ploughing.
Closing reign (earliest)

Aurelian
Terminal year (earliest)

274
Closing reign (latest)

Aurelian
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

238
Opening year (latest)

244
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Public baths, temple, fanum and votive pits
Site class

Rural

Context

Temple or shrine

Depositional context

Ploughsoil

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A copper-alloy vessel with a round mouth (missing its handle) - a bucket? H: 27.5 cm; D rim: 10.6 cm; D. max. body: 17.8 cm; D bottom: 8.9 cm; D neck: 4.3 cm. Type Boesterd 276

References

Reference

Aubin, G. - 1983 - Circonscription des Pays de la Loire

Ref

302

Reference

TAF III

Ref

3 (Sarthe)

Reference

Estiot, S., Amandry, Michel. and Bompaire, M. - 1986 - Le trésor d'antoniniani d'Allonnes, 2

Ref

51-110

Reference

Guest, P. - 1994 - A Comparative Study of Coin Hoards from the Western Roman Empire

Reference

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

Ref

no. 628

Hobbs dataset (2015); uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015); Walton (2016); updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2018).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ALLONNES 1981

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A copper-alloy vessel with a round mouth (missing its handle) - a bucket? H: 27.5 cm; D rim: 10.6 cm; D. max. body: 17.8 cm; D bottom: 8.9 cm; D neck: 4.3 cm. Type Boesterd 276

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ALLONNES 1981

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A copper-alloy vessel with a round mouth (missing its handle) - a bucket? H: 27.5 cm; D rim: 10.6 cm; D. max. body: 17.8 cm; D bottom: 8.9 cm; D neck: 4.3 cm. Type Boesterd 276

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Coin Hoards
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