ANGLEFORT 1907

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Location

City

Anglefort

Address

Champriond

County

Ain

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

45.89 / 5.807 / 283.05 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found at Au Radelus, on the property of P. Gustin.

Information

3977

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3977

Hoard name

ANGLEFORT 1907

Alternative names

ANGLEFORT II

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

29 Mar 1907

Total number of coins

1424

Summary

The hoard comprised a copper-alloy vessel containing approximately 1,440 denarii and antoniniani (radiates). Of this total, 1,424 were catalogued by Chanel. Silver: 1358 coins; Silver weight: 246.9-3528.5g

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Discovery method

Unknown
Disposition

Musée de Bourg, France (the vessel)
Closing reign (earliest)

Aurelian
Terminal year (earliest)

270
Closing reign (latest)

Aurelian
Terminal year (latest)

275
Opening year (earliest)

193
Opening year (latest)

193
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The hoard was found amongst some ancient foundations - 'substructions antiques'
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain structure

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze vessel

A copper-alloy vessel with an elongated form (known as a 'gutturnium') with a height of 20cm.

References

Reference

Chanel, E. - 1908 - Le trésor de monnaies romaines trouvé a Anglefort (Ain)

Ref

218-222

Comment

p. cxviii-cxix

Reference

Dubois, E. - 1942 - Histoire des pays qui ont formé le département de l'Ain. T. III: Période gallo-romaine

Ref

254

Comment

(=BSNAAin 58, 1944, p. 92)

Reference

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

Ref

no. 1077

Reference

Lafaurie, J. - 1964 - La chronologie des empereurs gaulois

Ref

123 and 127

Comment

No. 41

Reference

Lamouille, G. - 1975 - Anglefort et le val du Rhône de Génissiat à Culoz

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Reference

TAF III

Ref

3 (Ain)

Reference

Buisson, A. and Loriot, X. - 1986 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines dans le département de l'Ain

Ref

13; no. 3

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. 1067

Hobbs dataset (2015); uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015); data added by P.Walton (2016). Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ANGLEFORT 1907

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze vessel

A copper-alloy vessel with an elongated form (known as a 'gutturnium') with a height of 20cm.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ANGLEFORT 1907

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze vessel

A copper-alloy vessel with an elongated form (known as a 'gutturnium') with a height of 20cm.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire