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LES PRÉAUX

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Location

City

Les Préaux

Address

Mont-les-Mares

County

Eure

Region

Normandie

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

49.342 / 0.476 / 118.65 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

In the north-west of the parish, close to Mont-les-Mares, not far from the Abbey St-Léger

Information

ID

5799

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5799

Hoard name

LES PRÉAUX

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1750

(to)

1800

Total number of coins

615

Summary

The hoard comprised a copper-alloy vessel filled with 15 Roman silver coins and 600 small bronzes of the same module (radiates). The reverse of one coin is given as MARTI PACIFERO, A/-. It appears to be an issue of Gallienus (RIC V/1 236?)

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Credit

Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Closing reign (earliest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (latest)

268
Coin-level data

Not available

Fetching coin data

Fetching coin data

Site comment

There were indications of ancient settlement activity (tiles etc.) in the area in which the hoard was found. The hoard was found on the ground surface.
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze vessel

The vessel measures 1 foot in height and 6 or 7 inches in diameter

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
A silver finger ring. The bezel is engraved with a hyacinth.

Spoon
A small silver spoon

Textile
A fragment of cloth

References

Rever, F. - 1802 - Voyage des élèves du pensionnat de l'École Centrale de l'Eure dans la partie occidentale du département pendant les vacances de l'an huit

Ref

98-100

Comment

Pl. V, fig. A-D

Reference

Canel, A. - 1875 - Découvertes inédites d'antiquités dans l'arrondissement de Pont-Audemer

Ref

338

Comment

I.

Reference

Coutil, L. - 1895 - Inventaire des monnaies gauloises du département de l'Eure

Ref

135; no. 51

Reference

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

Ref

no. 386

Reference

Coutil, L. - 1909 - Le trésor gallo-romain d'Acquigny et les trésors de monnaies romaines découverts dans le département de l'Eure

Ref

26

Reference

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

Ref

No. 4

Comment

= No. 2

Reference

Loriot, X. - 1980 - Trésors de monnaies romaines découverts dans le département de l'Eure

Ref

135; no. 51

Reference

Ref

57 (Eure)

Updated by C. Gazdac (Mar. 2020).