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LES GRANGES-GONTARDES

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Location

City

Les Granges-Gontardes

County

Drôme

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Ancient place

Novem Craris

Lat/Long/Alt

44.413 / 4.746 / 72.24 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

ID

6369

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6369

Hoard name

LES GRANGES-GONTARDES

Alternative names

NOVEM CRARIS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Total number of coins

27

Summary

27 nummi: Maximianus I - Constantius II (AD 348). Mints: 2 Treveri, 1 Lugdunum, 3 Arelate, 1 Roma, 1 Siscia, 19 uncertain.

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Rating
Archaeological context
Containers
Objects
References
Reports
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Credit

Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Finder(s)

C. Boisse
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (earliest)

348
Closing reign (latest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (latest)

348
Opening year (earliest)

294
Opening year (latest)

294
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Good
Rating comment

From the TAF entry, it is clear that this hoard was recorded at the level of the coin.
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

The hoard was found in the 'fresco room' in the north east building amongst carbonised wood and with a copper-alloy key at a site identified as Novem Craris.
Site class

Rural

Context

Road station, Room

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Box

Carbonised wood has been interpreted as the remains of a small wooden box - 'cassette' with copper-alloy key

Objects belonging to this hoard

Key
A small copper-alloy key, presumably of a type used to lock boxes

References

Brenot, C. - 1964 - (Les Granges-Gontardes)

Ref

402; no.9

Reference

Brenot, C. - 1964 - (Les Granges-Gontardes)

Ref

158-161

Reference

Brenot, C. and Callu, J.-P. - 1978 - Monnaies de fouilles du Sud-Est de la Gaule

Ref

95 and 99-108

Reference

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

Ref

34; no. 4

Reference

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

Ref

217-218; no. 17

Reference

Ref

21; no. 19

Updated by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2017).