LE VIGEN

Download CSV:

Location

City

Le Vigen

County

Haute-Vienne

Region

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

45.751031 / 1.288696 / 237.67 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

6076

Permalink

https://827063.czjdr4fae.asia/hoard/6076

Hoard name

LE VIGEN

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Mar 1884

Total number of coins

400

Summary

The hoard comprised a ceramic pot containing approximately '400 middle and small bronzes dating to the third century AD': Valerian I - Tetricus I (AD 271-274).

Details
Coins Summary
Coins
Rating
Archaeological context
Containers
Objects
References
Reports
Images
Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Grassland, Heathland
Finder(s)

Worker of Mr. Eugene Lachenaud
Comment

While digging the ground to plant trees.
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

260
Coin-level data

Not available

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A ceramic vessel of a blueish colour. The body of the vessel is decorated with ribs/grooves (stries) and has a diameter of between 0.25m and 0.3m at its opening.

References

Reference

Anonymous - 1885 - Chronique (Le Vigen)

Ref

316

Reference

Perrier, J. - 1964 - Carte archéologique de la Gaule Romaine: Haute Vienne

Ref

46; no. 47

Reference

TAF I

Ref

17 (Haute-Vienne)

Updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

LE VIGEN

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A ceramic vessel of a blueish colour. The body of the vessel is decorated with ribs/grooves (stries) and has a diameter of between 0.25m and 0.3m at its opening.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

LE VIGEN

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A ceramic vessel of a blueish colour. The body of the vessel is decorated with ribs/grooves (stries) and has a diameter of between 0.25m and 0.3m at its opening.

References

Twitter

Facebook

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire