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CORNÉ

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Location

City

Corné

Address

La Gagnerie de Quiquère

County

Maine-et-Loire

Region

Pays de la Loire

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

47.4672 / -0.3403 / 20 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

300 meters from the town and approximately 800 meters south of the ancient road. Parcel 1060 of section D of the cadastre of Corné.

Information

ID

5898

Permalink

https://827063.czjdr4fae.asia/hoard/5898

Hoard name

CORNÉ

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

13 Jan 1847

Total number of coins

458

Summary

The Cabinet des Médailles de la Bibliothéque Nationale acquired 36 aurei on 17.03.1847 (Reg. C, nos. 1982-2017) and a further 44 on 8.2.1848 (Reg. C, nos. 2117-2160). 79 remain (with one swopped in 1939). The Musée Saint-Jean d'Angers bought 6 aurei on 3.4.1847 and 2 on the 13.06.1847, with fragments of the vase acquired on 04.03.1849 (Reg. I, p. 53-54, no. 209, p. 58, no. 217, p. 74, no. 269). They were stolen in March 1885.

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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

0.28
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, France
Finder(s)

René Mauriceau farmer
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

183
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

184
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Associated features

The hoard was hidden at the bottom of one of some unsinkable mounds
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Red ware ceramic vessel 'un vase en terre rouge' which was broken on discovery. Oxidizing firing belonging to the type of ovoid forms, very classic on the Loire Valley.

References

Reference

Marchegay, P. - 1847 - Bull. Soc. Industrielle d'Angers et du département de Maine-et-Loire

Ref

85-87

Reference

Fillon, B. - 1857 - Mémoire sur une découverte (…) faite en Vendée

Ref

65-66

Comment

[description of discovery of hoard]

Reference

Godard-Faultrier, V. - 1864 - Monuments antiques de l'Anjou ou Mémoire sur la topographie gallo-romanie du département de Maine-et-Loire

Ref

166-168

Comment

[RAA (1863) p. 54-6

Reference

Port, C. - 1878 - Dictionnaire historique, géographique et biographique de Maine-et-Loire

Ref

213

Reference

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

Ref

no. 536

Reference

Provost, M. - 1982 - Le trésor de Corné (Maine-et-Loire). 458 aurei du IIe s. après J.-C.

Ref

57-91

Comment

Pl. IV-VIII [catalogue]

Reference

Ref

11 (Maine-et-Loire)

Updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2020).