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LE LANGON

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Location

City

Le Langon

County

Vendée

Region

Pays de la Loire

Country

France

Ancient place

Le Langon

Lat/Long/Alt

46.437328 / -0.951341 / 9.49 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

5974

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5974

Hoard name

LE LANGON

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1833

Total number of coins

204

Summary

The hoard comprised 200 bronzes of CONTOVTOS, three or 4 of 'poitevin primitif' type, a good number of silver potins depicting a winged horseman and some bronzes with the legends ANNICCOIOS, ATECTORI, CONTOVTOS and Luccio. A mutilated coin die was found in association with the coins.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain (non Roman)
Terminal year (earliest)

-100
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain (non Roman)
Terminal year (latest)

-1
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Objects belonging to this hoard

Coin die
A bronze coin die, which appears to have been deliberately destroyed before deposition. It was used to mint the most common coin types found in Bas-Poitou.

References

Fillon, B. - 1863 - Le Langon

Ref

1

Comment

Pl. 55 Fig 3 (LVCCIO); fig 4 (CONTOVTOS)

Reference

Fillon, B. - 1867 - Le Langon, Veluire et Poiré

Ref

10

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1905 - Traité des monnaies gauloises

Ref

293-294;

Comment

No. 6, p. 296, no. 2; p. 599, no. 256 bis

Reference

Vallette, R. - 1939 - Inventaire

Ref

43

Reference

Colbert De Beaulieu, J.-B. - 1971 - Le Langon

Ref

10

Comment

no. 28 [winged horseman coins]

Reference

Colbert De Beaulieu, J.-B. - 1973 - Le Langon

Ref

19; no. 36

Reference

Nash, D. - 1978 - Settlement and coinage in Central Gaul c. 200-50 B.C.

Ref

253

Comment

No. 7; p. 259, no. 12; p. 260, no. 18; p. 261, no. 3

Reference

Hiernard, J. - 1982 - La circulation des dernières monnaies celtiques en Poitou et Saintonge

Ref

636

Comment

[215 coins] p. 637, no. 22, 23, 24; p. 638, no. 25

Reference

Ref

12 (Vendée)

Updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2020).