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CHAVANNES 1929

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Location

City

Chavannes

County

Drôme

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

45.104 / 4.926 / 191.35 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found in the Sables quartier

Information

ID

6364

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6364

Hoard name

CHAVANNES 1929

Alternative names

CHAVANNES I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

7 Feb 1929

Total number of coins

1037

Summary

The hoard comprised a large ceramic pot containing 15kg of fourth century nummi, approximately 5,000 coins. The coins appeared to have been arranged in piles. The hoard was dispersed but Chaurand was able to study 1,037 coins which had been kept by the finder's family. With the exception of two SOLI INVICTO COMITI issues struck in London and Arles in AD 315 to 316, the hoard comprised coins issued between AD 318 to 326. The hoard was found in a vineyard. Mints: 77 Londinium, 77 Lugdunum, 464 Treveri, 141 Arelate, 30 Roma, 90 Ticinum, 19 Aquileia, 46 Siscia, 2 Sirmium, 22 Thessalonica, 2 Nicomedia, 1 Cyzicus; uncertain 66.

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Rating
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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

0.40
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Finder(s)

Brun
Comment

The hoard was found in a vineyard
Closing reign (earliest)

Licinius I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

308
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

324
Coin-level data

Available to enter

Fetching coin data

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A ceramic pot with bulbous sides and two handles. The pot was buried vertically.

References

Reference

De Font-Réaulx, J. - 1930 - (Chavannes)

Ref

56

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1931 - Trouvailles de monnaies (1)

Ref

104; no. 5

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1943 - Supplément manuscrit à Les trésors de monnaies romaines et les invasions germaniques en Gaule

Ref

no. 1015

Reference

Sautel, J. - 1957 - Carte archéologique de la Gaule romaine, XI. Département de la Drôme

Ref

105; no. 141

Reference

Chaurand, L. - 1972 - Le trésor de Chavannes

Ref

53-101

Reference

Huvelin, H., Brenot, C. and Callu, J.-P. - 1978 - Trouvaille constantinienne au cabinet des médailles de Lausanne

Ref

177

Comment

No. 15 and p. 178-179

Reference

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

Ref

32; no. 2

Reference

Rémy, B. - 1985 - Les dépôts monétaires antiques du département de la Drôme

Ref

215-216; no. 11

Reference

Ref

19; no. 11

P.Walton (2015); updated by Cristian Gazdac (Feb. 2017).