HERAPEL

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Location

City

Cocheren

Address

Hérapel

County

Moselle

Region

Grand Est

Country

France

Ancient place

Cocheren-Le Hérapel

Lat/Long/Alt

49.153 / 6.86 / 317.26 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

130 m high mountain ridge Herapel

Information

6245

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6245

Hoard name

HERAPEL

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1970

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard was found in a ceramic vessel and comprised 48 denarii from the Republic to Domitian (AD 83).

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Woodland
Closing reign (earliest)

Domitian
Terminal year (earliest)

83
Closing reign (latest)

Domitian
Terminal year (latest)

83
Opening year (earliest)

-114
Opening year (latest)

-113
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Found in the ruins of a cellar
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain structure

Depositional context

Cellar

Containers belonging to this hoard

Lamp filler ceramic vessel

Reddish clay vessel, 7 cm high and 8.5 cm at its widest point, which is blackish in colour in some places due to firing. It belongs to the group of so-called lamp fillers. (Franke-Leschorn 1976, Abb. 2).

References

Reference

Franke, P. R. and Leschhorn, W. - 1976 - Denarfund flavischer Zeit vom Herapel/Lothringen

Ref

67-72

Reference

1979 - Coin Hoards: volume V

Ref

p. 48, no. 114

Comment

Listed under Germany, but Hérapel is located in France.

Existing dataset updated by M. Spoerri (July 2021). Corrected, updated and coin data level by C. Gazdac (July 2024).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

HERAPEL

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Lamp filler ceramic vessel

Reddish clay vessel, 7 cm high and 8.5 cm at its widest point, which is blackish in colour in some places due to firing. It belongs to the group of so-called lamp fillers. (Franke-Leschorn 1976, Abb. 2).

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

HERAPEL

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Lamp filler ceramic vessel

Reddish clay vessel, 7 cm high and 8.5 cm at its widest point, which is blackish in colour in some places due to firing. It belongs to the group of so-called lamp fillers. (Franke-Leschorn 1976, Abb. 2).

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire