CHAVAGNES

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Location

City

Chavagnes

Address

Les Châtres

County

Maine-et-Loire

Region

Pays de la Loire

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

47.27 / -0.452 / 83.05 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

5917

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5917

Hoard name

CHAVAGNES

Alternative names

NOTRE-DAME D'ALLENÇON

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Mar 1836

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised an offering of vessels to Minerva including silver and bronze objects and numerous bronze coins dating from the reign of Tiberius all the way through to Constantine I. The hoard was found by a farmer planting a vineyard. The hoard is preserved as the Notre-Dame-d'Allençon hoard in the Musée du Louvre, Paris

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Louvre Museum, Paris; Archaeological Museum of St. Jean, Angers, France
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

306
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

337
Opening year (earliest)

14
Opening year (latest)

37
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Associated features

Original report suggested found with coins from Tiberius to Constantine & a red pottery container, but this is unable to be corroborated. Masks & inscriptions suggest that there was a sanctuary of Minerva at or near the site.
Site class

Rural

Context

Temple or shrine