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MONTVENDRE

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Location

City

Montvendre

County

Drôme

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

44.868 / 5.021 / 213.84 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The hoard was found to the south of the village.

Information

ID

6376

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6376

Hoard name

MONTVENDRE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1876

Total number of coins

500

Summary

The hoard comprised between 400 and 500 Roman coins and fragments of copper-alloy ornaments or instruments, all broken. Fifty years after the discovery, Sayn (1925) suggested that the coins dated to the second century AD. The hoard was found by a young man in unknown circumstances.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Finder(s)

A young man
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain
Terminal year (earliest)

100
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain
Terminal year (latest)

200
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Objects belonging to this hoard

Objects
'A diverse range of bronze objects, all broken' (SAYN 1925)

References

Lacroix, A. - 1876 - (Montvendre)

Ref

354-355

Comment

Meeting 17.06.1876

Reference

Sayn, G. - 1925 - (Montvendre)

Ref

187

Comment

Meeting 16.01.1925

Reference

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

Ref

81; no. 106

Reference

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

Ref

219-220; no. 24

Reference

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24; no. 26

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