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CAILLY

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Location

City

Cailly

Address

La Côté du Floquet

County

Seine-Maritime

Region

Normandie

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

49.5792 / 1.2308 / 125.58 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Found in the hamlet of Ménillet, at a place called Côté du Floquet, on the Esnault property.

Information

ID

5486

Permalink

https://129.67.241.168/hoard/5486

Hoard name

CAILLY

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Oct 1821

Total number of coins

29

Summary

The hoard comprised '27 aurei of Vespasian to Commodus along with some silver denarii.' The gold coins were distributed amongst the family of the landowner. Although 9 of the aurei were given to the Musée de Rouen by M. Esnault, these were later stolen.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Musée de Rouen, France (9 coins. stolen)
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

181
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

182
Opening year (earliest)

75
Opening year (latest)

75
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The hoard was found in the ruins of a Roman villa
Site class

Rural

Context

Villa

Objects belonging to this hoard

Necklace
A necklace composed of 36 gold 'almonds', hemispherical in section. Each 'almond' is connected to the next with a link mounted on their flat sides. The total length is 'dix pouces et deux lignes'

Balance
'Un balance ou 'romaine' en bronze'

References

Reference (string)

TAF IV.15; CMTAF 4, p. 23, no. 15; Cochet, J.-B.-D. (1873-76) BCASI 3, p. 140-1; Billiard, R. (1879-81) BCASI 5, p. 112-3

Lévy, ? - 1822 - Séance publique de la Soc. d'Émulation de Rouen

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36-41

Comment

particularly p. 37-38 & Pl. I-II

Reference

Lambert, E. - 1843 - Essai sur la Numismatique Gauloise du Nord-Ouest de la France. Second partie

Ref

252

Reference

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1866 - La Seine-Inférieure historique et archéologique, époques gauloise, romaine et franque

Comment

(2) p. 195-6

Reference

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1871 - Répertoire archéologique du département de la Seine-Inférieure

Comment

Col. 279-280

Reference

Cochet, J.-B. -D. - 1874 - Untitled

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195-196

Reference

d'Estaintot (Vicomte) - 1874 - Trésor de Cailly. Donation au Musée

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140-141

Reference

Billiard, R. - 1875 - Découvertes dans le sol de Rouen. Monnaies de Dioclétien, de Valentinien, de Louis le Débonnaire et autres. Hachettes diverses. Poteries. Jeton de la Chambre des Comptes de Normandie, frappé en 1543. Enseignes de pèlerinages

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112-113

Reference

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1875 - Catalogue du musée d'antiquités de Rouen

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106

Reference

Cochet, J.-B.-D. - 1875 - Untitled

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142-145

Reference

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

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no. 348

Reference

De Vesly, L. - 1905 - Cachettes monétaires (époque-gallo-romaine) dans le département de la Seine-Inférieure

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252-3

Comment

Tr. No. 11

Reference

Deglatigny, Louis - 1931 - Inventaire archéologique de la Seine-Inférieure : période gallo-romaine

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41-2

Reference

Doranlo, R.-E. - 1956 - La cachette monétaire romaine de Douvres

Comment

No. 16

Reference

Loriot, X. and Delaporte, J. - 1980 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines découvertes dans le département de la Seine-Maritime

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30

Comment

No. 13. Also cf. p.52-3 and p. 57, no. 7

Reference

Ref

no. 15

Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2020).