VICHY

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Location

City

Vichy

County

Allier

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Ancient place

Aquae Calidae (Vichy)

Lat/Long/Alt

46.131507040497 / 3.4246734996504 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

7319

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7319

Hoard name

VICHY

Alternative names

Aquae Calidae

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1889

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 72 'bronze denarii of the late Empire', possibly to be identified as either radiates or nummi. They were found in association with a bronze lamp and a large number of ceramic vessels.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Comment

The hoard was found during while laying pipes.
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain
Terminal year (earliest)

250
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain
Terminal year (latest)

300
Opening year (earliest)

250
Opening year (latest)

300
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Untitled

Objects belonging to this hoard

Lamp
A copper-alloy lamp? (pied de flambeau) was found next to the coin hoard.

Vessel
An unspecified number of ceramic vessels were found in association with the coin hoard.

References

Reference

TAF VII

Ref

p. 27, no. 34

P.Walton (5.5.16). Updated by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2024).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

VICHY

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Untitled

Objects belonging to this hoard

Lamp
A copper-alloy lamp? (pied de flambeau) was found next to the coin hoard.

Vessel
An unspecified number of ceramic vessels were found in association with the coin hoard.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

VICHY

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Untitled

Objects belonging to this hoard

Lamp A copper-alloy lamp? (pied de flambeau) was found next to the coin hoard.

Vessel An unspecified number of ceramic vessels were found in association with the coin hoard.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Lamp
A copper-alloy lamp? (pied de flambeau) was found next to the coin hoard.

Vessel
An unspecified number of ceramic vessels were found in association with the coin hoard.