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AUZAY

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Location

City

Auzay

County

Vendée

Region

Pays de la Loire

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

46.442 / -0.867 / 36.67 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

5991

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5991

Hoard name

AUZAY

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1856

Total number of coins

3

Summary

The hoard was found in a grave in the Gallo-Roman cemetery. A red ceramic urn was discovered, alongside a small bronze box containing a gold finger ring with glass setting and three aurei of Nero, Domitian and Antoninus Pius. It is not altogether clear whether the coins were found in the box or the urn.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

138
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

161
Opening year (earliest)

54
Opening year (latest)

68
Coin-level data

Not available

Fetching coin data

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

The hoard was found in a burial in the Gallo-Roman cemetery.
Site class

Rural

Context

Cemetery

Depositional context

Grave

Containers belonging to this hoard

Urn

A red ceramic urn

Box

A small bronze box containing a gold finger ring with glass setting (and 3 aurei)

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
A gold finger ring with a glass setting.

References

Fillon, B. - 1856 - Observations critiques sur le livre de M. l'abbé Cochet

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652; no. 12

Reference

Fillon, B. - 1861 - Fontenay-le-Comte

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12-13

Reference

Hiernard, J. - 1981 - Monnaies d'or romaines entre Loire et Gironde

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188; no. 35

Reference

Ref

no. 32 (Vendée)

P. Walton (2016). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2020).