ALLÈGRE

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Location

City

Allègre

County

Haute-Loire

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

45.1967 / 3.7249 / 1172 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The hoard was found in the Mont Bar woodland on a plateau.

Information

4156

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Hoard name

ALLÈGRE

Alternative names

MONT BAR

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Aug 1821

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised a broken ceramic vessel containing 33 aurei, one gold necklace, two bracelets and one gold ingot. The aurei range in date from Marcus Aurelius as Caesar to Diocletian. Hobbs estimates a gold weight of c. 171.6-221.5g.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

1
Land Use

Woodland
Disposition

Musée Crozatier (7 coins)
Finder(s)

Worker
Comment

The hoard was found by a workman digging a drainage ditch.
Closing reign (earliest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (earliest)

284
Closing reign (latest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (latest)

294
Opening year (earliest)

140
Opening year (latest)

161
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a broken ceramic vessel.

References

Reference

Anonymous - Le trésor monétaire du Mont Bar à Allègre

Comment

catalogue of seven coins

Reference

TAF VII

Ref

p. 75, no. 1

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

271; no. 49

R. Hobbs dataset (2015); imported by J. Mairat (Nov. 2015); P.Walton (17.5.16). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ALLÈGRE

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a broken ceramic vessel.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Necklace
Gold necklace: Wt.: not established. . .

Bracelet
Gold bracelet: Wt.: not established

Bracelet
Gold bracelet: Wt.: not established

Ingot
Gold ingot: Wt.: not established.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ALLÈGRE

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in a broken ceramic vessel.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Necklace Gold necklace: Wt.: not established. . .

Bracelet Gold bracelet: Wt.: not established

Bracelet Gold bracelet: Wt.: not established

Ingot Gold ingot: Wt.: not established.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Necklace
Gold necklace: Wt.: not established. . .

Bracelet
Gold bracelet: Wt.: not established

Bracelet
Gold bracelet: Wt.: not established

Ingot
Gold ingot: Wt.: not established.