MONTBRISON 1886

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Location

City

Montbrison

County

Loire

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Ancient place

Aquae Segetae

Lat/Long/Alt

45.592 / 4.075 / 398.81 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found 100 meters north of the church, at a place called Clos Saint-Paulien, the site of the ancient settlement.

Information

3815

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3815

Hoard name

MONTBRISON 1886

Alternative names

MOINGT 2; MONTBRISON 2

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Mar 1886

Total number of coins

1328

Summary

The hoard was found by a worker preparing the ground in a vineyard. Silver: 1,328 antoniniani (radiates): Caracalla - Valerian I and Gallienus (AD 258-260); silver weight: 360.9-3450.5 g.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Finder(s)

Worker
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

258
Closing reign (latest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (latest)

260
Opening year (earliest)

215
Opening year (latest)

217
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The hoard was found in what appeared to be a drainage or sewage system
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain structure

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a bronze vessel with two handles which were broken. The vessel measures 23cm in height and had a diameter of 13cm at its widest point.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
The finger ring was decorated with engraved intaglio depicting a dog

References

Reference

Rochigneux, T. - 1885 - (Montbrison)

Ref

129

Comment

Note dated to March 1886

Reference

De Marsy - 1887 - (Montbrison)

Ref

114-115

Reference

Rochigneux, T. - 1887 - (Montbrison)

Ref

308-317

Reference

Dumoulin, M. and Gonnard, H. - 1898 - (Boisset-Lès-Montrond)

Ref

Comment

Fig. 38-39

Reference

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

Ref

no. 241

Reference

Callu, J.-P. - 1969 - La politique monétaire des empereurs romains, de 238 à 311

Ref

428

Reference

Billard, R. - 1971 - Trésors et trouvailles de monnaies romaines en Forez

Ref

110-118

Reference

Chronique TresMonet 2

Ref

113

Reference

Rémy, B. - 1981 - Dépôts monétaires antiques du département de la Loire, Colloques de Balbigny, Roanne et Saint-Étienne (1977-1978)

Ref

163-165; no. 6

Reference

Vallat, J.-P. - 1981 - La cité des Ségusiaves à l'époque romaine

Ref

242-243

Reference

Walker, S. - 1981 - The third century in the Lyon region

Ref

333

Comment

(cf. p. 339, no. 11)

Reference

TAF V.1

Ref

no. 7 (Loire)

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. 900

Updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2018).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

MONTBRISON 1886

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a bronze vessel with two handles which were broken. The vessel measures 23cm in height and had a diameter of 13cm at its widest point.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
The finger ring was decorated with engraved intaglio depicting a dog

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

MONTBRISON 1886

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a bronze vessel with two handles which were broken. The vessel measures 23cm in height and had a diameter of 13cm at its widest point.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring The finger ring was decorated with engraved intaglio depicting a dog

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Finger ring
The finger ring was decorated with engraved intaglio depicting a dog