SAINT-CHEF 1760

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Location

City

Saint-Chef

County

Isère

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

45.634 / 5.366 / 313.44 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Close to town.

Information

8621

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8621

Hoard name

SAINT-CHEF 1760

Alternative names

SAINT-CHEF I

Data type

Hoard?

Date of discovery (from)

1760

Total number of coins

Summary

circa 40 bronze coins "from Augustus to Constantine I" (?!)

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Credit

Discovery method

Other chance find
Discovery depth (m)

0
Land Use

Grassland, Heathland
Disposition

Count of Caylus (the objects; unknown information on coins)
Finder(s)

Kids and a farmer
Comment

On pasture, " a cow hit a piece of bronze that was coming from ground and made noise. The kids who took care of herd, were attracted by the sound, and amused themselves by throwing stones in that object.' A farmer, discover the stash and mentioned it to Mr. Porte d'Amblérieu, local councilor.
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

306
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain
Terminal year (latest)

337
Opening year (earliest)

-27
Opening year (latest)

14
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

TAF V.2

Ref

51; no. 27

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2017).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SAINT-CHEF 1760

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Two bronze casseroles
They were turned against each other and contained 5-6 figurines of animal or human characters.

Four bronze round plates

Two bronze oval plates
One big, one small

One bronze saucer
Broken

Two bronze spoons

Some bronze items with unknown funtionality

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SAINT-CHEF 1760

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Two bronze casseroles They were turned against each other and contained 5-6 figurines of animal or human characters.

Four bronze round plates

Two bronze oval plates One big, one small

One bronze saucer Broken

Two bronze spoons

Some bronze items with unknown funtionality

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Two bronze casseroles
They were turned against each other and contained 5-6 figurines of animal or human characters.

Two bronze oval plates
One big, one small

One bronze saucer
Broken