CARANTEC

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Location

City

Carantec

County

Finistère

Region

Bretagne

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

48.668 / -3.914 / 44.4 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

9309

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Hoard name

CARANTEC

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1910

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard contains 40-50 coins and a decorated ring. They include over 12 electrum staters and 5 electrum quarter staters attributed to the Gallic Osismii tribe. 2 uncertain Osismii coins, 2 Coriosolitae billon staters and 12 petit billons armoricains were also recorded.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Land boundary
Disposition

Archaeologists from Rennes: Harscouet of Kavel, Bezier and Moucoude; (the coins); Laurence de la Barre, lawyer from Morlaix (the ring)
Comment

Following a very high tyde.
Terminal year (earliest)

-152
Terminal year (latest)

-52
Opening year (earliest)

-152
Opening year (latest)

-52

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

H: 10 cm Black coarse. Double net decoration on the belly.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Gold ring
Small and decorated. Two wires

References

Reference

Anonymous - 1911 - Chronique (Carantec)

Ref

XXXI-XXXII

Reference

Philip de Jersey - 1994 - Coinage in Iron Age Armorica

Ref

135

David Swan 11.07.2017; updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CARANTEC

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

H: 10 cm Black coarse. Double net decoration on the belly.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Gold ring
Small and decorated. Two wires

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CARANTEC

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

H: 10 cm Black coarse. Double net decoration on the belly.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Gold ring Small and decorated. Two wires

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Gold ring
Small and decorated. Two wires