ÉVREUX 1948

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Location

City

Évreux

Address

Rue Docteur-Oursel

County

Eure

Region

Normandie

Country

France

Ancient place

Mediolanum Aulercorum

Lat/Long/Alt

49.026205 / 1.14727 / 64.3 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

3236

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Hoard name

ÉVREUX 1948

Alternative names

MEDIOLANUM AULECORUM; MEDIOLANVM AVLECORVM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1948

Total number of coins

176

Summary

The hoard comprised a Samian ware vessel filled with radiates. Although they were immediately dispersed amongst the group of workmen who found them, M. Le Pesant was able to examine 176 of the coins: Caracalla - Trajan Decius (AD 249-251). Sixty of the coins and a fragment of the base of the vessel were acquired by the Musée d'Évreux. Silver weight: 215.2-408.4 g.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

2.5
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Musée d’Évreux (inv.no. 3339)
Finder(s)

Worker
Comment

The hoard was found by a mechanical digger cutting trenches in which to lay sewer pipes.
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (earliest)

249
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (latest)

251
Opening year (earliest)

215
Opening year (latest)

217
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Found with a pot
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A broken Samian ware vessel (Déchelette Form 72)

References

Reference

Le Pesant, M. - 1956 - Découvertes et fouilles archéologiques dans le département de l'Eure depuis la Libération

Ref

351; no. 4

Reference

TAF IV

Ref

33 (Eure)

Reference

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

Reference

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

Ref

no. 326

Updated by C. Gazdac (Mar. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ÉVREUX 1948

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A broken Samian ware vessel (Déchelette Form 72)

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ÉVREUX 1948

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A broken Samian ware vessel (Déchelette Form 72)

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire