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IZENAVE

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Location

City

Izenave

County

Ain

Region

Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

46.038839 / 5.525959 / 691.08 view

Find spot comment

The burial was found at La Conche on the boundary with Merlet.

Information

ID

4600

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4600

Hoard name

IZENAVE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Jan 1911

Total number of coins

6

Summary

The coins were found in a double-burial amongst numerous other grave goods. It has been interpreted as a Burgundian grave dating to the period AD 457 to 461. Gold: 1, 2 coins; Gold weight: 7.45g; Silver: 2 coins; Silver weight: 2.54g

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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

1.50
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Cl. Côte Collection (1912) (solidus, tremisses Valentinian III and Majorian, two earrings)
Finder(s)

Émile Chavent
Closing reign (earliest)

Majorian
Terminal year (earliest)

457
Closing reign (latest)

Majorian
Terminal year (latest)

461
Opening year (earliest)

430
Opening year (latest)

440
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

A double burial, a warrior or chief and his companions, as evidenced by the richness of the funeral furniture. Few surveys around the grave, west and south, revealed other graves that are only 0.50 m deep, all oriented from west to east, head to the west.
Associated features

The coins were found in a burial containing two skeletons (one male, one female) with numerous grave goods.
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Cemetery

Depositional context

Grave

Period

Early Medieval
End period

Early Medieval

Objects belonging to this hoard

Jewellery
Jewellery - not further described.

Brooch
The burial contained an unknown number of brooches.

Belt element
The burial contained a belt buckle, not further described.

Seax
A seax, not further described.

Earring
Two earrings

Vessel
Piece of wooden vessel?

Vessel
Ceramic vessel

Glass

Intaglio
Intaglio on carnelian

Ring
Silver rod ring fragment

Ring
Bronze rod ring fragment

Lamella
Gold lamella

Button
Four silver buttons

Snap
Silver snap

Sword
Iron scramsax

Aglet
Aglet, with the upper part gilded.

References

Brenner, E. - 1912 - V. Der Stand der Forschung über die Kultur der Merowingerzeit

Ref

291; 303-304

Reference

Chanel, É. - 1912 - Sépulture double de l'époque franque à Izenave (Ain)

Ref

265-274

Reference

Lafaurie, J. - 1964 - Essai de répertoire des trésors et trouvailles de monnaies d'argent frappées en Gaule et en Italie pendant la deuxième moitié du Ve siècle et au cours du VIe siècle

Ref

201; no. 19

Reference

Reynaud, Jean-François - 1981 - Des Burgondes à Bayard : mille ans de moyen âge ; 1981-1984 : Grenoble, Lyon, Geneve, Valence, Paris, Chambery, Annecy, Bourg-en-Bresse

Ref

180

Comment

p. 149 for brooch

Reference

Lafaurie, J. - 1984 - Trésor de monnaies d'or du Ve siècle trouvé en 1803 à Combertault (Côte-d'Or)

Ref

152

Comment

cf. 151, table

Reference

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

Ref

33

Comment

No. 59

Reference

Kent, J. - 1994 - The Roman Imperial Coinage : 10. The divided Empire and the fall of the western parts AD 395-491

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p. c

Reference

Bland, R. - 1997 - Changing patterns of hoards of precious metal coins in the late Empire

Ref

table 4, no. 57

Reference

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

Ref

no. 1690

Updated by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2020; Feb 2024).