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NANTES 1897

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Location

City

Nantes

Address

Place des Jacobins

County

Loire-Atlantique

Region

Pays de la Loire

Country

France

Ancient place

Civitas Namnetum/Kondeouinkon?

Lat/Long/Alt

47.2158143 / -1.5514527 / 17.93 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

ID

5938

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5938

Hoard name

NANTES 1897

Alternative names

NAMNETUM; NAMNETVM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

30 Jan 1897

Total number of coins

80

Summary

The hoard comprised a ceramic vessel including Roman coins. The hoard was dispersed immediately. The hoard was found during house construction on the site of the church of the Jacobins: Valerian I and Gallienus/Gallienus (sole) - Tetricus I (AD 271-274).

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

In use as a building
Disposition

Museum of Archaeology, Nantes, France (in 1897)
Finder(s)

M. Clément Josso
Comment

During the demolition of the old church.
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

268

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Silver vessel

Ceramic vessel

It contained the silver vessel in which were the coins.

References

Reference

de Kervénoaël, (vicomte) - 1897 - Séance du 2 Février 1897

Ref

30

Reference

Anonymous - 1898 - Trouvailles

Ref

296

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1899 - Nantes

Ref

107; no. 4

Reference

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

Ref

no. 586

Reference

Aubin, G. - 1978 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines découverts en Loire-Atlantique. État de la recherche.

Ref

43

Reference

Ref

5 (La Loire-Atlantique)

Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2020).