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ALLAN

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Location

City

Allan

County

Drôme

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Ancient place

Allan

Lat/Long/Alt

44.4988 / 4.7869 / 154.2 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found on the Bondonneau plateau, in the Mazet quartier.

Information

ID

4707

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4707

Hoard name

ALLAN

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1833

Total number of coins

26

Summary

The hoard was found in a bathhouse and comprised at least 25 gold coins which were immediately sold after their discovery. Not long after the original discovery, some metres from their findspot, an aureus of Trajan was discovered. It is likely to be part of the original hoard.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan
Terminal year (earliest)

98
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan
Terminal year (latest)

117
Coin-level data

Not available

Fetching coin data

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

The hoard was found in a Gallo-Roman bathhouse
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Bath house

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Objects belonging to this hoard

Plate handle
Silver plate handle: partially gilt, flat handle from a large ovular plate. Decoration shows Venus standing in a giant shell supported on either side by two tritons, and on either side a cupid riding on the back of a dolphin

Trulla
Silver trulla: no more details known.

Ex vota
Copper-alloy ex votas: exact number not known.

References

Espanet, A. - 1859 - Le touriste aux eaux minérales de Bondonneau, anciens thermes romains à Montélimar (Drôme)

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51-53

Reference

Lacroix, A. - 1868 - Histoire, géographie et statistique de l'arondissement de Montélimar

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85-86

Reference

Bonnard, L. - 1908 - La Gaule thermale, sources et stations thermales et minérales de la Gaule à l'époque gallo-romaine

Ref

385

Reference

Sautel, J. - 1957 - Carte archéologique de la Gaule romaine, XI. Département de la Drôme

Ref

37; no. 59

Reference

Vallentin du Cheylard, R. - 1957 - (Allan)

Ref

68

Reference

Rémy, B. - 1985 - Les dépôts monétaires antiques du département de la Drôme

Ref

212; no. 1

Reference

Ref

15; no. 1

P. Walton (2015); updated by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2017). Objects updated by M. Spoerri (Jan. 2025).