CHAMPAGNAC

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Location

City

Champagnac

County

Cantal

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

45.357 / 2.4 / 621.78 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found in a field named la Redonde at Beringer.

Information

7360

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7360

Hoard name

CHAMPAGNAC

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

13 Jul 1828

Total number of coins

4025

Summary

The hoard was found in a black ceramic vessel placed within a pit lined with four tiles. It comprised approximately 4,000 antoniniani (radiates) from Gordian III to Tetricus I and II. Issues of Gallienus and Claudius II were the most numerous. A small portion of the hoard including 103 coins were catalogued.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Comment

The hoard was found by a child playing with a stick at an extremely shallow depth.
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

238
Opening year (latest)

244
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a black coarseware vessel.

Tile

The vessel containing the hoard was surrounded by four tiles

References

Reference

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

Ref

No. 562

Reference

TAF VII

Ref

p. 65, no. 1

P.Walton (10.5.16)

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CHAMPAGNAC

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a black coarseware vessel.

Tile

The vessel containing the hoard was surrounded by four tiles

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CHAMPAGNAC

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a black coarseware vessel.

Tile

The vessel containing the hoard was surrounded by four tiles

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire