SAINT-PABU

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Location

City

Saint-Pabu

County

Finistère

Region

Bretagne

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

48.5621 / -4.6258 / 53.6 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Allotment Méjou-Radénoc, 1,200 m SW of Saint-Pabu.

Information

4280

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Hoard name

SAINT-PABU

Alternative names

ST. PABU

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

26 Feb 1889

Total number of coins

12000

Summary

Circa 10 - 11,000 coins (c. 61kg), from Valerian II to Constantius II. Together were found three silverware.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Discovery depth (m)

0.30
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Finder(s)

Quarrymen
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (earliest)

337
Closing reign (latest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (latest)

361
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

260
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Wooden chest

Objects belonging to this hoard

Cup
Silver cup: plain shallow cup, with footring and vertical sides and a lip. Wt.: 154g. .

Plate
Silver plate: fragmentary, flat plate richly decorated on the inner surface with repoussé beads , elongated beads and roundels. D.: 15.5cm. Wt.: not established.

Beaker
Silver beaker: similar internal repoussé decoration, this time with crosses, in a band below the rim. D.: 11.3cm. Wt.: not established

References

Reference

du Chatellier, P. - 1889 - Le trésor de Saint-Paru, canton de Ploüdalmézeau (Finistère)

Ref

188-194

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

no. 1370

Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SAINT-PABU

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Wooden chest

Objects belonging to this hoard

Cup
Silver cup: plain shallow cup, with footring and vertical sides and a lip. Wt.: 154g. .

Plate
Silver plate: fragmentary, flat plate richly decorated on the inner surface with repoussé beads , elongated beads and roundels. D.: 15.5cm. Wt.: not established.

Beaker
Silver beaker: similar internal repoussé decoration, this time with crosses, in a band below the rim. D.: 11.3cm. Wt.: not established

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SAINT-PABU

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Wooden chest

Objects belonging to this hoard

Cup Silver cup: plain shallow cup, with footring and vertical sides and a lip. Wt.: 154g. .

Plate Silver plate: fragmentary, flat plate richly decorated on the inner surface with repoussé beads , elongated beads and roundels. D.: 15.5cm. Wt.: not established.

Beaker Silver beaker: similar internal repoussé decoration, this time with crosses, in a band below the rim. D.: 11.3cm. Wt.: not established

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Cup
Silver cup: plain shallow cup, with footring and vertical sides and a lip. Wt.: 154g. .

Plate
Silver plate: fragmentary, flat plate richly decorated on the inner surface with repoussé beads , elongated beads and roundels. D.: 15.5cm. Wt.: not established.

Beaker
Silver beaker: similar internal repoussé decoration, this time with crosses, in a band below the rim. D.: 11.3cm. Wt.: not established