FORGES-LES-BAINS 1965

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Location

City

Forges-les-Bains

County

Essonne

Region

Île-de-France

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

48.628 / 2.099 / 117.85 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found at a clay pit called Angervilliers, on Parcelle 216, section H

Information

7015

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7015

Hoard name

FORGES-LES-BAINS 1965

Alternative names

FORGES-LES-BAINS #1

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Dec 1965

Total number of coins

1108

Summary

The hoard comprised a ceramic vessel containing 1,109 coins. They include 1,108 radiates from Valerian to Tetricus and 1 denarius copy of Elagabalus.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Comment

The hoard was found when digging a drainage channel in a clay pit.
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

218
Opening year (latest)

222
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a large ceramic vessel which was broken on discovery.

References

Reference

TAF IX

Ref

3 (Essonne)

Reference

Pilon, F. - 2015 - Les trésors d'antoniniens de Forges-les-Bains #2 (Essonne) et de Lieusaint #1 (Seine-et-Marne) (terminus 269 après J.-C.). Émissions monétaires et thésaurisation sous Victorin

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255

P. Walton (30.3.16); updated by C. Gazdac (October 2018).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

FORGES-LES-BAINS 1965

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a large ceramic vessel which was broken on discovery.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

FORGES-LES-BAINS 1965

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a large ceramic vessel which was broken on discovery.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire