SEYSSEL 1978-1980

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Location

City

Seyssel

County

Haute-Savoie

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Ancient place

Condate (villa)

Lat/Long/Alt

45.95 / 5.85 / 422.44 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

At the Gallo-Roman site of Condate, in a Roman house.

Information

5484

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Hoard name

SEYSSEL 1978-1980

Alternative names

CONDATE II

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1978

(to)

1980

Total number of coins

188

Summary

188 bronze coins fund in a ceramic vessel: 151 sestertii, 16 dupondii, 4 dupondii/asses, 17 asses: Domitian - Marcus Aurelius (AD 177).

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Built over
Closing reign (earliest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (earliest)

177
Closing reign (latest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (latest)

186
Opening year (earliest)

81
Opening year (latest)

96
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

In a dwelling eastward of the central road. Floor level; found with a ceramic vessel. The building serve as a shop before being transformed in the 2nd century AD into a dwelling.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Domestic building

Depositional context

Floor

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Vessel of common pottery, grey paste.

References

Reference

TAF V.2

Ref

96; no. 26

Reference

Audra, A. - 1997 - Le dépôt monétaire de Seyssel (Haute-Savoie). 188 sesterces et sous-multiples de la fin du règne de Marc Aurèle

Ref

15-20

Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Mar. 2017; May 2018).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SEYSSEL 1978-1980

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Vessel of common pottery, grey paste.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SEYSSEL 1978-1980

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Vessel of common pottery, grey paste.

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Coin Hoards
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