PLAISIANS

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Location

City

Plaisians

County

Drôme

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

44.23 / 5.318 / 574.96 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

At the place called "Les Esparans" inside a Roman villa.

Information

5510

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5510

Hoard name

PLAISIANS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Jul 1987

Total number of coins

Summary

50 bronze coins, probably, placed in a wooden box with bone hinges: 49 sestertii, 1 as: Trajan - Trajan Decius (AD 249-251).

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (earliest)

249
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (latest)

251
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1987
Date of excavation (to)

1987
Site comment

Found in a layer of fire dated in the second half of the 3rd century AD. The coins seem to have been stacked in a box whose bone hinges have survived.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Villa

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Wooden box?

The coins seem to have been stacked in a box whose bone hinges have survived

References

Reference

Amandry, Michel and Hollard, Dominique - 1997 - Le trésor de bronzes romains de Plaisians (Drôme)

Ref

21-23

Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2018).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

PLAISIANS

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Wooden box?

The coins seem to have been stacked in a box whose bone hinges have survived

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

PLAISIANS

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Wooden box?

The coins seem to have been stacked in a box whose bone hinges have survived

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire