LIMOGES 1926-1943

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Location

City

Limoges

Address

rue de Sainte-Madeleine

County

Haute-Vienne

Region

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Country

France

Ancient place

Augustoritum

Lat/Long/Alt

45.822 / 1.261 / 244.12 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

3774

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https://129.67.241.168/hoard/3774

Hoard name

LIMOGES 1926-1943

Alternative names

AUGUSTORITUM; AVGVSTORITVM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

7 May 1926

(to)

1943

Total number of coins

7000

Summary

The hoard comprised a jar containing more than 7,000 denarii and some radiates. Some contemporary reports suggest that there were as many as 12,000 coins. Hugon suggested that the gaps in types and paucity of the latest issues and the presence almost exclusively of denarii indicated that the hoard was sorted by type and denomination and that originally there may have been further jars. Indeed, in 1943, a further vessel containing 28 denarii was found at the same findspot and is considered to be part of the same hoard.

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Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

1
Land Use

Built over
Comment

The hoard was found when digging the foundations for a gasworks on rue de Sainte-Madeleine.
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

269
Opening year (earliest)

138
Opening year (latest)

161
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