AUTUN 1614

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Location

City

Autun

Address

Rue Gaston Joliet

County

Saône-et-Loire

Region

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Country

France

Ancient place

Augustodunum

Lat/Long/Alt

46.949551 / 4.306056 / 347 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

3558

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3558

Hoard name

AUTUN 1614

Alternative names

AUTUN VI; AUTUN IX; AVGVSTODVNVM; AUGUSTODUM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1614

Total number of coins

Summary

Gold and silver coins found together with tableware, two gold bracelets and rings in a lead chest. At least two aurei of Philip and Gallienus. Gold: 2+ coins; Gold weight: 10.2g+;

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Lost
Finder(s)

Workers
Closing reign (earliest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

244
Opening year (latest)

249
Coin-level data

Not available

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Site comment

Found in a large lead chest in the town cemetery.
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Lead chest

Objects belonging to this hoard

Silver plate
One or more silver plates

Silver vessels or cups

Silver spoon
Three silver spoons. There are thought to have been many more

Gold bracelet
Two gold bracelets

Ring
Rings

One set with an aureus of Elagabalus
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate, draped bust right, horn on the fore-head. Revers: INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG Elagabalus, as priest of Sol, wearing oriental costume and cloak, horn on the fore-head, standing facing, head turned left, sacrificing over lighted altar out of patera in his right hand, holding club with his left hand; in field left, star. RIC 86

Pendant
Pendant with an antoninianus of Otacilia Severa set in a gold mount: M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae. RIC 125c (Rome, AD 244-249)

References

Reference

Thomas, E. - 1846 - Histoire de l'antique cité d'Autun

Ref

88-89

Reference

Loriot, X. - 1985 - Le trésor d'Autun de 1614

Ref

603-608

Reference

Brenot, C. and Loriot, X. - 1992 - L'or monnayé III: Trouvailles de monnaies d'or dans l'Occident romain. Actes de la Table Ronde tenue à Paris les 4 et 5 décembre 1987

Ref

268; no. 30

Reference

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

Ref

no. 649

Updated by C. Gazdac (June 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

AUTUN 1614

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Lead chest

Objects belonging to this hoard

Silver plate
One or more silver plates

Silver vessels or cups

Silver spoon
Three silver spoons. There are thought to have been many more

Gold bracelet
Two gold bracelets

Ring
Rings

Pendant
Pendant with an antoninianus of Otacilia Severa set in a gold mount: M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae. RIC 125c (Rome, AD 244-249)

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

AUTUN 1614

Containers belonging to this hoard

Objects belonging to this hoard

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