MONTCORNET

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Location

City

Montcornet

County

Aisne

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

49.695 / 4.015 / 117.36 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found at la Motte.

Information

3816

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3816

Hoard name

MONTCORNET

Alternative names

CALTUSIACUM?

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1978

Total number of coins

372

Summary

The hoard comprised 372 coins that were fused together in a single lump. They comprised 1 denarius and 371 antoniniani (radiates) from Valerian I to Victorinus. The mint distribution is given in TAF (Rome: 210; Cologne: 93; Trier: 24) but not related to issues of particular emperors. Hobbs estimates a silver weight of 100g to 111.0g.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Comment

The hoard was found by a labourer.
Closing reign (earliest)

Victorinus
Terminal year (earliest)

269
Closing reign (latest)

Victorinus
Terminal year (latest)

271
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

260
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

TAF VIII.2

Ref

no. 61 (Aisne)

Reference

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

Ref

no. 901

Hobbs dataset (2015); P. Walton (14.4.16). Updated by C. Gazdac (August 2020).

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