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CRUSEILLES 1875

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Location

City

Cruseilles

County

Haute-Savoie

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

46.034 / 6.107 / 780.96 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

West of the hamlet of Follats, at the place called Champ de la Trélacin

Information

ID

8728

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8728

Hoard name

CRUSEILLES 1875

Alternative names

CRUCILIA I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Apr 1875

Total number of coins

0

Summary

Uknown number of coins. Probably from the second half of the 3rd century AD. The coins were found in a bowl, together with a jewelry box containing silver and bronze artefacts.

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Credit

Discovery method

Unknown
Discovery depth (m)

2
Disposition

Musée château d'Annecy, France; Registre d'entrées, II, nos. 6254-6272, 6330-6331; Musée d’art et d’histoire, Genève, Switzerland
Comment

None of the sources describe the coins. The authors mention either Severus Alexander to Probus or Gordian III to Trajan Decius.
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain
Coin-level data

Not available

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Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Wooden box

Contained the jewelry. Preserved: key, a bronze leg

Ceramic vessel

Contained the coins.

References

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

Ref

148; no. 181

Reference

Deonna, W. - 1921 - Les trésors gallo-romains d'orfévrerie au Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genêve

Ref

280-291

Reference

Ref

91-92; no. 14

Reference

Guest, P. - 1994 - A Comparative Study of Coin Hoards from the Western Roman Empire

Reference

Kreucher, G. - 2003 - Der Kaiser Marcus Aurelius Probus und seine Zeit

Ref

255; no. 46

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

no. 1103

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