VERNON

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Location

City

Vernon

County

Vienne

Region

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

46.441016 / 0.476754 / 125.31 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

6023

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Hoard name

VERNON

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Jan 1874

(to)

1876

Total number of coins

2472

Summary

The hoard comprised a vessel (or vessels) containing 7kg of coins, equating to approximately 2,500 silver Republican coins and base-gold and silver Iron Age coins. In 1876, an excavation of the findspot revealed a further 60 coins which are likely to be part of the same assemblage. The number of Republican coins known from the site total 1298 plus a further 30 found in 1876. The Iron Age coins known from the site total approximately 1160 plus a further 30 in 1876.

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Discovery method

Gardening
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Comment

The hoard was found while planting a tree on the land next to the cemetery in Vernon.
Closing reign (earliest)

Republic
Terminal year (earliest)

-54
Closing reign (latest)

Republic
Terminal year (latest)

44
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The coins were contained in a vessel or vessels.

References

Reference

De Saulcy, F., De Barthélemy, A. - 1875 - Mélanges de Numismatiques

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81-99

Reference

Ducrocq, Th. - 1876 - Note sure les fouilles faites à Vernon (Vienne) le 6 novembre 1876

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455-459

Comment

[Summary of coins found in 1876 excavation]

Reference

Muret, E. and Chabouillet, A. - 1889 - Catalogue des monnaies gauloises de la Bibliothèque Nationale

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Nos. 4535, 7203-7205; 9199, 10376

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

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no. 571

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1905 - Traité des monnaies gauloises

Comment

p. 201, note 4; p. 290, note 2; 291; 292 note 1; 295, note 3; 296, note 1; 361, note 3; 385, note 3; 386; 392, note 1; 424, note 1; 599-501, no. 261; pl. II, 18

Reference

Colbert De Beaulieu, J.-B. - 1956 - CAMBOTRE ou CAMBO(LEC)TRE? Et L'attribution du monnayage à la légende CAMBOTRE

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423

Reference

Rolland, H. - 1956 - Monnaies de la République romaine trouvées en Gaule

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Comment

No. XIV

Reference

Colbert De Beaulieu, J.-B. - 1962 - Un statère des Pictones découvert dans la presqu'île de Quiberon

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