TOURVILLE-LA-RIVIÈRE

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Location

City

Tourville-la-Rivière

County

Seine-Maritime

Region

Normandie

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

49.328 / 1.105 / 10.55 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

On the south side of Tourville hill

Information

5749

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5749

Hoard name

TOURVILLE-LA-RIVIÈRE

Data type

Hoard?

Date of discovery (from)

1860

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard was found in two boxes next to a lead coffin in a Gallo-Roman cemetery. The boxes contained masses of radiates and included amongst them, issues of Postumus and Tetricus I. Found in a sandpit.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

269
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Found next to a lead coffin in a Gallo-Roman cemetery.
Site class

Rural

Context

Cemetery

Depositional context

Grave

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Box

Described as a 'metal box'

Box

'Described as a metal box'

Objects belonging to this hoard

silver

References

Reference

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1863 - Tourville-La-Rivière

Ref

252-253

Reference

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

Ref

230

Reference

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

Ref

Col. 331

Reference

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

Ref

no. 13

Reference

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

Ref

45; no. 78

Reference

TAF IV

Ref

93 (Seine-Maritime)

Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

TOURVILLE-LA-RIVIÈRE

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Box

Described as a 'metal box'

Box

'Described as a metal box'

Objects belonging to this hoard

silver

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

TOURVILLE-LA-RIVIÈRE

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Box

Described as a 'metal box'

Box

'Described as a metal box'

Objects belonging to this hoard

silver

References

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of the Roman Empire