AURILLAC

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Location

City

Aurillac

County

Cantal

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Ancient place

Aron

Lat/Long/Alt

44.931 / 2.445 / 632.69 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found in a meadow between the hamlet of Martinet and the Fabrègues château.

Information

7366

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7366

Hoard name

AURILLAC

Data type

Hoard?

Date of discovery (from)

Jan 1802

Total number of coins

Summary

Flooding uncovered a circular stone monument measuring 3 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres in height. 50 small fine greyware vessels without handles were also found, each with different dimensions, some Allier pipeclay figurines and a 'large number of coins from Caesar to Septimius Severus.'

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Grassland, Heathland
Comment

The hoard was found in a meadow, following the flooding of the river Jordane.
Closing reign (earliest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (earliest)

196
Closing reign (latest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (latest)

211
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The hoard was found in association with a circular stone structure measuring 3 metres in diameter and 1.5m in height.
Site class

Rural

Context

Temple or shrine

Period

Roman

Objects belonging to this hoard

Vessel
50 fine greyware vessels without handles (cremation urns?) were found in association with the coins

Figurine
Pipeclay figurine. An unknown number of white pipeclay figurines from Allier

References

Reference

TAF VII

Ref

p. 68, no. 8

P. Walton (10.5.16). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

AURILLAC

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Vessel
50 fine greyware vessels without handles (cremation urns?) were found in association with the coins

Figurine
Pipeclay figurine. An unknown number of white pipeclay figurines from Allier

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

AURILLAC

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Vessel 50 fine greyware vessels without handles (cremation urns?) were found in association with the coins

Figurine Pipeclay figurine. An unknown number of white pipeclay figurines from Allier

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Vessel
50 fine greyware vessels without handles (cremation urns?) were found in association with the coins

Figurine
Pipeclay figurine. An unknown number of white pipeclay figurines from Allier