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LYON 1836 1

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Location

City

Lyon

Address

Brotteaux

County

Rhône

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Ancient place

Col. Lugdunum

Lat/Long/Alt

45.769 / 4.85 / 177.6 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The hoard was found in Brotteaux, close to the Villeurbanne road

Information

ID

6316

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6316

Hoard name

LYON 1836 1

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1836

Total number of coins

0

Summary

The hoard was found in a burial and comprised a bronze vessel filled with silver coins of emperors including Gordian, Philip, Maximian up to the reign of Constantine. The coins were accompanied by a gold necklace and three finger rings with engraved stone settings. The hoard was found during construction of the fortifications.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Closing reign (earliest)

House of Constantine (RIC VIII)
Terminal year (earliest)

337
Closing reign (latest)

House of Constantine (RIC VIII)
Terminal year (latest)

337
Opening year (earliest)

238
Opening year (latest)

244
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Urban

Context

Cemetery

Depositional context

Grave

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Necklace

Finger ring
Three finger rings withs engraved stone settings

References

Artaud, J.-F. - 1846 - Lyon souterrain ou observations archéologiques et géologiques faites dans cette ville depuis 1794 jusqu'en 1836

Ref

114-115

Reference

Monfalcon, J.-B. - 1855 - Lugdunensis Historiae Monumenta. Origines et bases de l'histoire de Lyon

Ref

28

Reference

Callu, J.-P. - 1981 - Inventaire des trésors de bronzes constantiniens

Ref

27-28

Reference

Walker, S. - 1981 - La campagne lyonnaise du 1er siècle av. J.C. jusqu'au 5e siècle ap. J.-C.

Ref

315

Comment

(findspot in Villeurbanne)

Reference

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

Ref

325

Reference

Ref

no. 11 (Rhône)

P. Walton (2015). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2020).