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LA CHAPELLE-LAUNAY

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Location

City

La Chapelle-Launay

County

Loire-Atlantique

Region

Pays de la Loire

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

47.3723389 / -1.971835 / 52.57 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

3748

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3748

Hoard name

LA CHAPELLE-LAUNAY

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Feb 1906

Total number of coins

3540

Summary

The hoard was found in 1906 after a farmer discovered some coins of Postumus, Victorinus, Tetricus and Claudius II at the same findspot where two years previously 100 antoniniani (radiates) of Gallienus, Claudius II, Victorinus and Tetricus I and II had been found. As a result, Vigneron-Jousselandière excavated the findspot, discovering 7 silver ligula and a ceramic vessel containing approximately 3,500 antoniniani (radiates). At the middle of the vessel was a radiate of Philip I, 39 worn denarii, 1 aureus of Postumus and a gold finger ring. The ligulae or spoons, the finger ring, the denarii, the aureus of Postumus and 450 radiates were acquired by the Musée départemental d'archéologie. Vigneron-Jousselandière possessed 2,651 radiates (in 1907).

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Coins Summary
Coins
Rating
Archaeological context
Containers
Objects
References
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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Finder(s)

Farmer
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
Coin-level data

Not available

Fetching coin data

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The vessel had a narrow base and was missing its upper part.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
A gold finger ring measuring 0.17 cm in diameter. The bezel is incised with the letters RIC

Ligula
7 silver ligulae, one of which was damaged. These are also described as spoons in the same paragraph regarding the hoard in TAF.

References

Soullard, P. - 1906 - (La Chapelle-Launay)

Ref

XVII

Comment

Meeting 6.03.1906

Reference

Vigneron-Jousselandière - 1906 - (La Chapelle-Launay)

Ref

XXI

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1907 - Chronique

Ref

111; no. 4

Reference

Vigneron-Jousselandière - 1907 - La Chapelle-Launay

Comment

the manuscript for this article is kept by the Musée départemental d'archéologie

Reference

Maître, L. - 1918 - Les stations antiques de la Basse-Loire

Ref

270-271

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1943 - Supplément manuscrit à Les trésors de monnaies romaines et les invasions germaniques en Gaule

Ref

no. 1281

Comment

Using two letters from P. Souillard dating to 10 and 22.05.1906.

Reference

Aubin, G. - 1978 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines découverts en Loire-Atlantique. État de la recherche.

Ref

41

Reference

Aubin, G. - 1982 - Trésors et imitations radiées dans l'Ouest de la Gaule

Ref

252

Reference

Aubin, G. - 1984 - L'Antiquité

Comment

[table of hoard composition and image of 5 spoons]

Reference

Ref

4 (Loire-Atlantique)

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. 26

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. 709

Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2020).