BELLEVILLE

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Location

City

Belleville

County

Rhône

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

46.114 / 4.747 / 175.92 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

6306

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6306

Hoard name

BELLEVILLE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

29 Dec 1799

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised a large ceramic urn filled with 43 kilos of Roman coins. Dury noted that they were all freshly minted, with a wash of silver and dated to AD 250 to 287. As no emperors' names are given, it is difficult to confirm the veracity of these dates.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Finder(s)

Dupérier
Closing reign (earliest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (earliest)

287
Closing reign (latest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (latest)

287
Opening year (earliest)

250
Opening year (latest)

250
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Urn

A large urn of red ceramic with rounded handles. It measured 0.67m in height and 0.2m in diameter.

References

Reference (string)

TAF V. 1 (Rhône)

Reference

Ogier, T. - 1856 - La France par cantons et par communes. Département du Rhône III, Arrondissement de Villefranche

Ref

127

Reference

Walker, S. - 1981 - L'habitat rural dans la région Rhône-Loire (1er siècle av. J.-C. - Ve siècle ap. J.-C.)

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194

Reference

Walker, S. - 1981 - The third century in the Lyon region

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329

Comment

(cf. p. 341, no. 19)

Reference

TAF V.2

Ref

no. 11 (Rhône)

P. Walton (2015); uploaded by J. Mairat (Nov. 2015).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BELLEVILLE

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Urn

A large urn of red ceramic with rounded handles. It measured 0.67m in height and 0.2m in diameter.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BELLEVILLE

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Urn

A large urn of red ceramic with rounded handles. It measured 0.67m in height and 0.2m in diameter.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire