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FAMARS 1824 B

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Location

City

Famars

County

Nord

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Ancient place

Fanum Martis

Lat/Long/Alt

50.3126 / 3.5191 / 78.6 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

5548

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5548

Hoard name

FAMARS 1824 B

Alternative names

FAMARS C; FANUM MARTIS; FANVM MARTIS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

7 Oct 1824

Total number of coins

9515

Summary

Clearly associated with Famars 1823, 1824 A, C-D which also comprised several vessels containing large quantities of coins. Found '6 steps' from hoard Famars 1824 A. There are four ceramic vessels containing, denarii and antoniniani of good quality: 1065, 1923, 1412, 5115.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Carinus
Terminal year (earliest)

283
Closing reign (latest)

Carinus
Terminal year (latest)

285
Opening year (earliest)

238
Opening year (latest)

238
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

Found 'six steps' from Famars 1824 1 in the heart of the baths.
Site class

Military

Context

Bath house

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

Earthenware red jug with handle and circular shape containing 1065 coins

Jug

Earthenware red jug with handle and circular shape containing 1923 coins

Jug

Earthenware red jug with handle and circular shape containing 1412 coins

Vessel

A very large round vessel containing 5115 coins

References

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1900 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines et les invasions germaniques de la Gaule

Ref

no. 7

Reference

Callu, J.-P. - 1979 - Cachettes monétaires multiples (III-IVe)

Ref

9-10

Reference

Ref

41c

Updated by C. Gazdac (June 2020).