LAVILLEDIEU 1970

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Location

City

Lavilledieu

County

Ardèche

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

44.5828 / 4.4696 / 274.66 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The hoard was found in the quartier Costeraste, a little to the south of the Roman road. On the property Mr. V. Avond.

Information

3759

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Hoard name

LAVILLEDIEU 1970

Alternative names

LAVILLEDIEU II; LA VILLEDIEU

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Oct 1970

Total number of coins

339

Summary

339 antoniniani (radiates): Valerian I and Gallienus - Tetricus I (AD 271-274). Silver: 254, 85 coins; silver weight: 69.6-316.5g.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

M. Avon
Comment

The hoard was found in a vineyard during the harvest.
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

272
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

260
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Plate

Fragments of a plate or lid for the vessel containing the hoard was recovered.

References

Reference

Leglay, M. - 1971 - Circonscription de Rhône-Alpes

Ref

442

Reference

Chaurand, L. - 1972 - Le Trésor de Lavilledieu (suite)

Ref

212-213

Reference

Chaurand, L. - 1972 - Le Trésor de Lavilledieu (suite)

Ref

296

Reference

Chaurand, L. - 1973 - Le trésor de Lavilledieu (Ardèche)

Ref

300-319

Reference

Chaurand, L. - 1977 - Le Trésor de Lavilledieu (suite)

Ref

254-255

Comment

Coin data level for some of the coins.

Reference

Rémy, B. - 1982 - Les dépôts monétaires romains du département de l'Ardèche

Ref

227-228

Reference

Lauxerois, R. and Leglay, M. - 1983 - Le Bas Vivarais à l'époque romaine : recherches sur la Cité d'Alba

Ref

186

Reference

TAF V.1

Ref

3 (Ardèche)

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. 1163

Updated by C. Gazdac (June 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

LAVILLEDIEU 1970

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Plate

Fragments of a plate or lid for the vessel containing the hoard was recovered.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

LAVILLEDIEU 1970

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Plate

Fragments of a plate or lid for the vessel containing the hoard was recovered.

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