VILLEURBANNE 1936

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Location

City

Villeurbanne

Address

Bboulevard de Ceinture

County

Rhône

Region

Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

45.775 / 4.851 / 173.79 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The hoard was found during the construction of the boulevard de Ceinture. Its exact location was not pinpointed.

Information

6331

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6331

Hoard name

VILLEURBANNE 1936

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Apr 1936

(to)

May 1936

Total number of coins

Summary

Unknown originally number of aurei. Forty-five coins from Nero to Trajan were recovered. Seventeen coins were studied in detail. Nine coins were acquired in 1937 by the mayor of Villeurbanne.

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Discovery method

Road construction
Land Use

Road
Disposition

Mayor of Villeurbanne (9 coins) in 1937
Comment

The hoard was found during road construction.
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan
Terminal year (earliest)

103
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan
Terminal year (latest)

111
Opening year (earliest)

64
Opening year (latest)

65
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Sherds of black pottery were found in association with the coins and may represent fragments of a container.

References

Reference (string)

TAF V. 27 (Rhône); Summary notice in Le Nouvelliste du Dimanche 16.05.1937; Archives du Cabinet des Médailles de la BN, Fonds d'Espezel, notes from 16.07.1936, 24.07.1936, 17.12.1937

Reference

Rémy, B. - 1984 - Un trésor d'aurei à Villeurbanne (Rhône)

Ref

564-566

Comment

No. 10 (Nos. 9-10, aureus of Vespasian duplicated in error)

Reference

TAF V.2

Ref

no. 27 (Rhône)

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

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

VILLEURBANNE 1936

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Sherds of black pottery were found in association with the coins and may represent fragments of a container.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

VILLEURBANNE 1936

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Sherds of black pottery were found in association with the coins and may represent fragments of a container.

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire