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AIGNÉ

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Location

City

Aigné

County

Sarthe

Region

Pays de la Loire

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

48.076 / 0.116 / 88.25 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

5835

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5835

Hoard name

AIGNÉ

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

7 Apr 1836

Total number of coins

900

Summary

The hoard was found in a barrel or box and comprised approximately 900 bronze coins arranged in stacks. The first account of the hoard gives the hoard as ranging from Domitian to Commodus, with coins of Hadrian and the Antonines (with the exception of Commodus) being particularly numerous. A catalogue of 36 of the sestertii was created. In 1843 or 1844, it was noted that there were also two later coins in the hoard. The hoard was dispersed immediately amongst collectors, with a small number of worn coins kept by the finder. The Musée du Mans acquired some coins (which are now mixed in with the La Quinte hoard).

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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

0.22
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Musée du Mans (coins are now mixed in with the La Quinte hoard)
Finder(s)

M. Drouelle
Closing reign (earliest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (earliest)

222
Closing reign (latest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (latest)

231
Opening year (earliest)

79
Opening year (latest)

81
Coin-level data

Available to enter

Fetching coin data

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

Some of the coins can be entered at the coin data level.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Box

A type of barrel or box, of which fragmentary iron fittings (cercles) were discovered.

References

Reference

Desjobert, ? - 1837 - Deuxième notice sur des médailles romaines découvertes a différentes époques dans le département de la Sarthe

Ref

86

Reference

Desjobert, ? - 1837 - 3e notice sur des médailles romaines, découvertes, a différentes époques dans ce département

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275-288

Reference

Drouet, C. - 1837 - Chronique (Aigné)

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301-302

Reference

Pesche, J.-R. - 1837 - Antiquités d'Oiseau

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222-223

Reference

Desjobert, ? - 1840 - Sixième notice sur des médailles romaines découvertes à différentes époques dans le département de la Sarthe

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13-16

Reference

Drouet, C. - 1840 - Notice sur des découvertes des monnaies francaise et médailles romaines

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57, 63

Reference

Liger, F. - 1892 - La ville rouge à Tennie

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12

Comment

(extract from RHM 32, 1892, p. 240)

Reference

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

Comment

No. 512 = No. 527 = No. 527 bis

Reference

Liger, F. - 1903 - La Cénomanie romaine

Ref

181

Comment

184

Reference

Ledru, A. - 1911 - Répertoire des monuments et objets anciens préhistoriques, gallo-romains, mérovingiens et carolingiens existants ou trouvés dans les départements de la Sarthe et de la Mayenne

Ref

1

Comment

316, 363 [Gordian error]

Reference

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

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no. 1223

Reference

Callu, J.-P. - 1969 - La politique monétaire des empereurs romains, de 238 à 311

Ref

121

Comment

No. 5 [Macaire: Gordian error]

Reference

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1 (Sarthe)

P.Walton (2015); uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015). Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2020).