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ROUEN 1864 1

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Location

City

Rouen

Address

Rue Jeanne-d'Arc

County

Seine-Maritime

Region

Normandie

Country

France

Ancient place

Rotomagus

Lat/Long/Alt

49.4392 / 1.0887 / 10.5 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The hoard was found near the bank on the Rue Jeanne-d'Arc, towards the junction with Rue Rollon.

Information

ID

5708

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Hoard name

ROUEN 1864 1

Alternative names

ROUEN VII; ROTOMAGUS; ROTOMAGVS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1864

Total number of coins

85

Summary

The hoard comprised a metal vessel containing 43 Roman coins, including 4 bronzes and 39 denarii and radiates from Trajan to Valerian I and Gallienus/Gallienus (sole)(Gallienus) (AD 253-268). The hoard, missing 10 coins, is in the collections of the Musée de Rouen. The silver mirror and vessel are lost. In the Hoard file in the Archives of the Musée des Antiquités is a handwritten note without a date (April 1912) listing 38 coins.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Musée des Antiquités de Rouen
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

253
Closing reign (latest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (latest)

253
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117

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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 vessel is described as being 'metal'

Untitled

Objects belonging to this hoard

Mirror
A mirror in silver with an elegant handle

References

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1866 - Rouen (Rue Jeanne-d'Arc)

Ref

317

Reference

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1866 - La Seine-Inférieure historique et archéologique, époques gauloise, romaine et franque

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128

Reference

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1871 - Répertoire archéologique du département de la Seine-Inférieure

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365

Reference

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

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no. 345

Reference

De Vesly, L. - 1905 - Cachettes monétaires (époque-gallo-romaine) dans le département de la Seine-Inférieure

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254-255

Comment

Tr. No. 39

Reference

Deglatigny, Louis - 1931 - Inventaire archéologique de la Seine-Inférieure : période gallo-romaine

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190

Reference

Delaporte, J. - 1977 - Trouvaille de monnaies romaines à Rouen et dans les environs

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16-18

Comment

Tr. No. II

Reference

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

Ref

752-757 and 758

Comment

Fig. 1-11, see also the observations of d'H. Huvelin on p. 756

Reference

Loriot, X. and Delaporte, J. - 1980 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines découvertes dans le département de la Seine-Maritime

Ref

41; no. 58

Reference

Ref

62 (Seine-Maritime)

Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2020).