BEAUVAIS

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Location

City

Beauvais

Address

rue Jean-de-Lignières

County

Oise

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Ancient place

Caesaromagus

Lat/Long/Alt

49.435 / 2.086 / 72.77 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The hoard was found at the angle of rue Gambetta and rue Jean-de-Lignières.

Information

7193

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7193

Hoard name

BEAUVAIS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1940

(to)

1945

Total number of coins

251

Summary

The hoard was found in the ruins of a small round temple and comprised a tripod cauldron containing 251 Roman sestertii from Domitian to Gordian III. Coins of Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus were the most numerous.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Built over
Closing reign (earliest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (earliest)

244
Closing reign (latest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (latest)

244
Opening year (earliest)

81
Opening year (latest)

96
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Excellent

Site comment

The hoard was found within the ruins of a small circular temple.
Site class

Urban

Context

Temple or shrine

Containers belonging to this hoard

Tripod cauldron

The hoard was placed within a tripod cauldron. No information is given about the material from which the cauldron was made but it is assumed to be copper-alloy.

References

Reference

TAF VIII.2

Ref

no. 8 (Oise)

P. Walton (21.4.16). Updated by C. Gazdac (August 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BEAUVAIS

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Tripod cauldron

The hoard was placed within a tripod cauldron. No information is given about the material from which the cauldron was made but it is assumed to be copper-alloy.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BEAUVAIS

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Tripod cauldron

The hoard was placed within a tripod cauldron. No information is given about the material from which the cauldron was made but it is assumed to be copper-alloy.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire