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ROUEN 1846

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Location

City

Rouen

Address

La Rue Royale

County

Seine-Maritime

Region

Normandie

Country

France

Ancient place

Rotomagus
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotomagus

Lat/Long/Alt

49.442 / 1.098 / 20.33 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Found at the site of the Abbey Saint-Amand on the rue Royale (now known as the Rue de la République) where it meets Rue du Petit-Loup (now Rue de Richard Lallemant).

Information

ID

5705

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5705

Hoard name

ROUEN 1846

Alternative names

ROTOMAGUS; ROTOMAGVS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Feb 1846

Total number of coins

449

Summary

The hoard comprised between 300 and 400 Roman coins, stuck together with corrosion products: Gallienus (sole) - Allectus (AD 286-293). Approximately 80 coins were destroyed during cleaning. Just over 220 coins were identified by A. Deville. In 1846, a further 4 or 5 argentei (?) and 40 antoniniani (radiates) said to be from the same hoard were noted by Joseph Curt. In 1862, Charles Roach Smith published an aureus from a Continental mint (RIC 621) from the Warne Collection which was reputed to be from the same hoard. The stated provenance for this coin should be treated with some caution. The nummus of Constantine I is also an intruder.

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

3
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Musée des Antiquités, Rouen; Muncipal Library of Rouen; Cabinet des Médailles de la Bibliothéque Natinoale, the Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer, the British Museum (fewer than 10 coins), the Ashmolean Museum (fewer than 3 coins
Comment

The hoard was quickly dispersed amongst numerous English and French collections. Many were purchased by the Parisian dealers Rollin and Feuardent, who in 1880, organised an auction of coins of Carausius, of which the majority came from this hoard.
Closing reign (earliest)

Carausius
Terminal year (earliest)

286
Closing reign (latest)

Carausius
Terminal year (latest)

293
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

268
Coin-level data

Not available

Fetching coin data

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Found next to large wall oriented N-S which was close to a metre in thickness.
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Depositional context

Wall

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

'a small black coarseware vessel' - 'un vase de terre noire grossière'

References

Reference

Beaujard, B. and Huvelin, H. - Rouen (Carausius hoard)

Ref

63-66

Reference

Deville, A. - 1846 - Rouen (Carausius hoard)

Ref

124

Reference

Anonymous - 1847 - Rouen (Carausius hoard)

Comment

3,2, p. 532 (after Deville)

Reference

Curt, J. - 1847 - Rouen (Carausius hoard)

Ref

343-344

Comment

Meeting 23.09.1846

Reference

Wilson, W. D. Saull and John B. Bergne - 1847 - Proceedings of the Numismatic Society, Session 1845-6

Ref

12-13

Comment

Meeting of the 26.5.1846; C. Roach Smith exhibiting several coins of Carausius.

Reference

Deville, A. - 1848 - Rouen (Carausius hoard)

Ref

356

Comment

Meeting 5.3.1846

Reference

Curt, J. - 1856 - Rouen (Carausius hoard)

Ref

127

Comment

Pl. XXX, fig. 8-10

Reference

Curt, J. - 1861 - Rouen (Carausius hoard)

Ref

241-243

Comment

Pl. XXVII

Reference

Curt, J. - 1862 - Rouen (Carausius hoard)

Ref

130

Comment

cf. Pl. XX, Fig. 1

Reference

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1866 - La Seine-Inférieure historique et archéologique, époques gauloise, romaine et franque

Comment

(2) p. 94, cf. p. 127 note 2

Reference

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1871 - Répertoire archéologique du département de la Seine-Inférieure

Comment

Col. 367

Reference

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1875 - Catalogue du musée d'antiquités de Rouen

Ref

107

Reference

Rollin, ? And Feuardent, ? - 1880 - Catalogue d'une collection de médailles romaines en vente à l'amiable

Ref

713-719

Reference

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

Ref

no. 346

Reference

De Vesly, L. - 1905 - Cachettes monétaires (époque-gallo-romaine) dans le département de la Seine-Inférieure

Ref

254-5

Comment

Tr. No. 36

Reference

Deglatigny, Louis - 1931 - Inventaire archéologique de la Seine-Inférieure : période gallo-romaine

Ref

201-202

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1943 - Supplément manuscrit à Les trésors de monnaies romaines et les invasions germaniques en Gaule

Ref

no. 1110

Reference

Doranlo, R.-E. - 1956 - La cachette monétaire romaine de Douvres

Ref

no. 10

Reference

Giard, J.-B. - 1969 - La monnaie locale en Gaule à la fin du IIIe siècle, reflet de la vie économique

Ref

28; no. 11

Reference

Delaporte, J. - 1977 - Trouvaille de monnaies romaines à Rouen et dans les environs

Ref

75-84

Reference

Shiel, Norman - 1977 - The episode of Carausius and Allectus : the literary and numismatic evidence

Ref

68-69; no. 10

Reference

Beaujard, B. and Huvelin, H. - 1978 - A propos de l'atelier monétaire rouennais de Carausius

Ref

360-361 and 363-366

Reference

Loriot, X. - 1979 - Trouvailles de monnaies de Carausius sur le continent

Ref

577-578

Comment

Note 9

Reference

Delaporte, J. and Loriot, X. 11 - 1980 - Note sur le trésor romain de la rue Jeanne d'Arc, à Rouen, 1864

Reference

Loriot, X. and Delaporte, J. - 1980 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines découvertes dans le département de la Seine-Maritime

Ref

39-40, no. 55

Reference

Huvelin, H. and Loriot, X. - 1983 - Rouen (Carausius hoard)

Ref

66-67

Reference

Ref

59 (Seine-Maritime)

References updated by M. Spoerri (June 2018). Updated by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2020).