LAUWIN-PLANQUE

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Location

City

Lauwin-Planque

County

Pas-de-Calais

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

50.3995 / 3.0309 / 26 view

Location details

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Find spot comment

Between Courcelles and Planques, "on the road Douai to Saint-Omer".

Information

5559

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5559

Hoard name

LAUWIN-PLANQUE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

15 Dec 1752

Total number of coins

30002

Summary

A hoard of approximately 30,000 'large and small bronzes', probably radiates and nummi. There were however, two large silver coins described as 'grand module' which have been interpreted as medallions: Valerian I - Constantine I.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

306
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

306
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

250
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A large vessel which two men could not lift and was therefore broken on site. The vessel contained approximately 100kg of bronze coins

Vessel

A smaller vessel, containing '15 pintes, soit environ 14 litres'

References

Reference

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

Ref

112-113; no. 22

Reference

TAF II

Ref

Updated by C. Gazdac (Mar. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

LAUWIN-PLANQUE

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A large vessel which two men could not lift and was therefore broken on site. The vessel contained approximately 100kg of bronze coins

Vessel

A smaller vessel, containing '15 pintes, soit environ 14 litres'

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

LAUWIN-PLANQUE

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A large vessel which two men could not lift and was therefore broken on site. The vessel contained approximately 100kg of bronze coins

Vessel

A smaller vessel, containing '15 pintes, soit environ 14 litres'

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire