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LANDECY GE 1826

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Location

City

Bardonnex

County

Geneva

Region

Geneva

Country

Switzerland

Lat/Long/Alt

46.144 / 6.129 / 488.09 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

6551

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6551

Hoard name

LANDECY GE 1826

Alternative names

Bardonnex, La Croix-de-Rozon

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Mar 1826

Total number of coins

7000

Summary

The hoard comprised approximately 7,000 antoniniani, ranging from Gordian III to Claudius II, found in a field close to Landecy. A list of 5591 of them was established by Soret in 1841, the remaining ones had already been dispersed.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Musée d'art et d'histoire, Genève (part); Zurich, Landesmuseum (part); Lausanne (part); Neuchâtel (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Claudius II
Terminal year (earliest)

268
Closing reign (latest)

Claudius II
Terminal year (latest)

269
Opening year (earliest)

238
Opening year (latest)

244
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

The coins are only partly available to enter.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

'un grand vase en cuivre'

References

Reference

Meyer, H. - 1840 - Ueber die römischen Münzen, die in der Schweiz gefunden werden

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p. 622, no. 20

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1900 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines et les invasions germaniques de la Gaule

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p. 296, no. 826

Reference

Gagnebin, B. and Gagnebin, R. - 1974 - Les trouvailles de monnaies antiques dans la région de Genève

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pp. 280-1, 284

Reference

Loriot, X. - 1980 - Les trésors monétaires romains de la Suisse: 1. Canton de Genève

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p. 642, no. 2

Reference

Mühlemann, Y. - 1997 - Un trésor monétaire du IIIe siècle apr. J.-C. dans les archives et les collections du Cabinet des médailles (Landecy - GE- 1826)

Comment

with the description of 5 coins and a table of the 161 coins in the Lausanne museum (by reign and mint, but without references).

Reference

Geiser, A., Lagnel, C., and Mühlemann, Y. - 1998 - Les archives du Cabinet des médailles. Les Recueils Antoine Baron I : Les trésors de monnaies antiques

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pp. 58–59

SICF/IFS/ITMS dataset (2015); uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015). Edited by M. Spoerri (Oct. 2025).