LES ESTABLES

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Location

City

Les Estables

County

Haute-Loire

Region

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

44.904 / 4.156 / 1343.78 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found in the cave shelter of Mézenc.

Information

7389

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7389

Hoard name

LES ESTABLES

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1908

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard was found in a cave shelter and comprised numerous ancient objects including pottery vessels, hipposandals and a sestertius of Hadrian, a dupondius of Antoninus Pius and a worn coin of another emperor, possibly Macrinus.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Comment

The hoard was found during the construction of a cave shelter.
Closing reign (earliest)

Macrinus
Terminal year (earliest)

217
Closing reign (latest)

Macrinus
Terminal year (latest)

218
Opening year (earliest)

117
Opening year (latest)

138
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Natural features

Cave
Site class

Rural

Context

Natural feature

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Objects belonging to this hoard

Vessel
The coins were found in association with an undisclosed number of pottery vessels.

Hipposandal
The coins were found in association with an undisclosed number of hipposandals 'fers de mulets'.

References

Reference

TAF VII

Ref

p. 80, no. 14

P. Walton (17.5.16). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

LES ESTABLES

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Vessel
The coins were found in association with an undisclosed number of pottery vessels.

Hipposandal
The coins were found in association with an undisclosed number of hipposandals 'fers de mulets'.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

LES ESTABLES

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Vessel The coins were found in association with an undisclosed number of pottery vessels.

Hipposandal The coins were found in association with an undisclosed number of hipposandals 'fers de mulets'.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Vessel
The coins were found in association with an undisclosed number of pottery vessels.

Hipposandal
The coins were found in association with an undisclosed number of hipposandals 'fers de mulets'.