BRAIN-SUR-ALLONNES

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Location

City

Brain-sur-Allonnes

Address

La Cave Peinte

County

Maine-et-Loire

Region

Pays de la Loire

Country

France

Ancient place

Brain-sur-Allonnes

Lat/Long/Alt

47.308 / 0.053 / 70.71 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

5916

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5916

Hoard name

BRAIN-SUR-ALLONNES

Data type

Hoard?

Date of discovery (from)

1978

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard was found during the course of a rescue excavation and comprised 8 antoniniani (radiates) from Gordian III to Valerian and Gallienus.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Finder(s)

X. Delestre
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

253
Closing reign (latest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (latest)

260
Opening year (earliest)

238
Opening year (latest)

244
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The hoard was found in the centre of a rural settlement. TAF speculates that it represents a votive offering or a rubbish deposit.
Site class

Rural

Context

Settlement

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cauldron

A copper-alloy cauldron dating to the La Tène Finale or to the beginning of the 1st century AD.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bone
290 fragments of animal bone

References

Reference

Collin, G. and Delestre, X. - 1979 - Brain-Sur-Allonnes

Ref

468-472

Reference

Delestre, X. - 1980 - Soc. Études Scientifiques de l'Anjoy

Ref

233-238

Reference

Aubin, G. - 1981 - Circonscriptions des Pays de la Loire

Ref

354

Reference

TAF III

Ref

no. 30 (Maine-et-Loire)

P. Walton (2015); uploaded by J. Mairat (Nov. 2015). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BRAIN-SUR-ALLONNES

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cauldron

A copper-alloy cauldron dating to the La Tène Finale or to the beginning of the 1st century AD.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bone
290 fragments of animal bone

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BRAIN-SUR-ALLONNES

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cauldron

A copper-alloy cauldron dating to the La Tène Finale or to the beginning of the 1st century AD.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bone 290 fragments of animal bone

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Bone
290 fragments of animal bone