VIEUX-PORT

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Location

City

Vieux-Port

County

Eure

Region

Normandie

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

49.425939 / 0.606873 / 14.07 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found on the slope of a hill called the Grande-Pièce, close to the Fécamp wood. The hoard was found on the property of the brothers Thoulmin.

Information

5816

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5816

Hoard name

VIEUX-PORT

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Jan 1880

Total number of coins

210

Summary

The hoard comprised a fine greyware vessel containing approximately 280 (large?) bronze coins, stuck together with corrosion products. Next to the ceramic vessel, there was an empty glass vessel. 210 coins were presented to the Commission des Antiquités of Seine-Inferieur by Brianchon.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Discovery depth (m)

0.20
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Thoulmin; Musée d'Évreux (6 coins; Inventory p. 42, no. 1895; given on 24.4.1892); finders; sold to Grard, Chevallier, Lemariez and Bisson.
Finder(s)

Farmer
Closing reign (earliest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (earliest)

193
Closing reign (latest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (latest)

211
Opening year (earliest)

69
Opening year (latest)

79
Coin-level data

Not available