ROUEN 1864 2

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Location

City

Rouen

County

Seine-Maritime

Region

Normandie

Country

France

Ancient place

Rotomagus

Lat/Long/Alt

49.443232 / 1.099971 / 20.26 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

3409

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Hoard name

ROUEN 1864 2

Alternative names

ROTOMAGUS; ROTOMAGVS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1864

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard appears to have comprised a variety of jewellery including a gold ring set with a quinarius of Severus Alexander, as well as 40 Roman silver and bronze coins. It is not clear whether this is part of a bigger hoard such as the 'Trésor Thaurin' or a distinct hoard. See the Archives of Musée du Louvre (DAGR) dossier A6, 9.2.1865 = note from d'A. De Longpérier to the Surintendant des Beaux-Arts

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Musée du Louvre, Paris
Comment

The hoard was found during earth-moving works in the centre of Rouen according to Longpérier.
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1866 - Rouen (Jewellery hoard)

Ref

330

Comment

Meeting 12.02.1865. No mention of coins.

Reference

de Longpérier, A. - 1868 - Mémoires et dissertations. Trésor de Tarse

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333 and 334

Comment

Note 2

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Mowat, R. - 1888 - Note sur des bijoux ornés de devises à propos d'une fibule de l'époque ostrogothe

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234

Reference

Callu, J.-P. - 1969 - La politique monétaire des empereurs romains, de 238 à 311

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428

Comment

Note 2

Reference

Delaporte, J. and Loriot, X. 11 - 1980 - Note sur le trésor romain de la rue Jeanne d'Arc, à Rouen, 1864

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756

Comment

Note 15

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Dhénin, M. and Loriot, X. - 1985 - Deux monnaies d ' or du haut empire découvertes à Fleurines (Oise)

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674

Comment

No. 8 and p. 675, Fig. 3

Reference

TAF IV

Ref

63 (Seine-Maritime)

Reference

Brenot, C. and Loriot, X. - 1992 - L'or monnayé 3 : Trouvailles de monnaies d'or dans l'Occident romain. Actes de la Table Ronde tenue à Paris les 4 et 5 décembre 1987

Ref

265, no. 2

Reference

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

Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ROUEN 1864 2

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Necklace
A necklace presumably of gold, set with pearls and emeralds

Finger ring
Four gold polygonal finger rings of signet type - 'chevalière'

Finger ring
A gold polygonal signet ring, set with a quinarius of Severus Alexander dating to the period AD 222-228

Bracelet
'Some bracelets without decoration, which with the plain gold rings were melted down to produce 1400g of gold.

Finger ring
'Some rings without decoration which with the plain gold bracelets were melted down to produce 1400g of gold.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ROUEN 1864 2

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Necklace A necklace presumably of gold, set with pearls and emeralds

Finger ring Four gold polygonal finger rings of signet type - 'chevalière'

Finger ring A gold polygonal signet ring, set with a quinarius of Severus Alexander dating to the period AD 222-228

Bracelet 'Some bracelets without decoration, which with the plain gold rings were melted down to produce 1400g of gold.

Finger ring 'Some rings without decoration which with the plain gold bracelets were melted down to produce 1400g of gold.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Necklace
A necklace presumably of gold, set with pearls and emeralds

Finger ring
Four gold polygonal finger rings of signet type - 'chevalière'

Finger ring
A gold polygonal signet ring, set with a quinarius of Severus Alexander dating to the period AD 222-228

Bracelet
'Some bracelets without decoration, which with the plain gold rings were melted down to produce 1400g of gold.

Finger ring
'Some rings without decoration which with the plain gold bracelets were melted down to produce 1400g of gold.