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AMIENS 1891

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Location

City

Amiens

Address

rue Vascovan

County

Somme

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Ancient place

Samarobriva Ambianorum

Lat/Long/Alt

49.89 / 2.315 / 27.49 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

7404

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7404

Hoard name

AMIENS 1891

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1891

Total number of coins

380

Summary

The hoard comprised a greyware vessel containing a silver finger ring with blue glass setting depicting a figure left and 380 radiates from Gordian III to Postumus. 267 examples were catalogued by Pinsard. A closing date of AD 268 is given by a APOLLINI CONS AVG reverse of Gallienus and 7 coins of Postumus with ORIENS AVG with P in the field reverses.

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Credit

Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Built over
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

268
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

238
Opening year (latest)

244
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a greyware vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
A silver finger ring with a blue glass setting engraved with a figure left.

References

Foucray, B. - 1990 - Amiens 13. Un trésor de deniers rue des Jacobins

Ref

14

Reference

Ref

p. 19, no. 14

P. Walton (17.5.16); updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2018).