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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 26605947, member: 5682&quot;]<img src="https://www.unrv.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2025_12/IMG_8873.thumb.jpeg.16878c60c3baf0c86503951cd5619c43.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A large hoard of more than 40,000 Roman coins dating from AD 289-310 was found in Senon, northeastern France (Gaul).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.unrv.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2025_12/IMG_8868.thumb.jpeg.98445626d60fb489e6b5168e443a0980.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.unrv.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2025_12/IMG_8872.thumb.jpeg.3f1606306b9dd76cc28c39144cc4b636.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.unrv.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2025_12/IMG_8874.thumb.jpeg.fae9e5fbd60a7227ea8ebb0f32304dd8.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.unrv.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2025_12/IMG_8875.thumb.jpeg.aa95c957001288c77beea166692a63bb.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Roman Coin Hoard in Senon</p><p><br /></p><p>Location: Senon, northeastern France.</p><p><br /></p><p>Find: Three large ceramic jars buried beneath a house floor, reminiscent of household savings jars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Contents: More than 40,000 bronze coins dating between AD 280–310.</p><p><br /></p><p>First jar: ~38 kg, 23,000+ coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second jar: ~50 kg, ~18,000–19,000 coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third jar: Still undergoing analysis</p><p><br /></p><p>Historical context: Coins feature emperors of the Gallic Empire (Victorinus, Tetricus I &amp; II).</p><p><br /></p><p>Interpretation:</p><p><br /></p><p>These were long-term household savings, with jar openings flush to the floor for daily deposits.</p><p><br /></p><p>Offers rare insight into everyday Roman financial habits, in contrast to wartime treasure hoards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Significance: One of the largest domestic coin hoards discovered in Gaul, emphasizing stability and household wealth in the late 3rd century.</p><p><br /></p><p>️ Residential Quarter of Senon</p><p><br /></p><p>Excavation area: 1,500 m² parcel investigated during modern construction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Importance:</p><p><br /></p><p>Reveals a wealthy Roman neighborhood within Senon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Demonstrates the city’s economic resilience and adaptation, with coin deposits marking both prosperity and responses to instability.</p><p><br /></p><p>Adds new insights into urban life in northeastern Gaul, showing that Senon was larger and more complex than previously thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Key Takeaways</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin jars and residential quarter are part of the same broader excavation project in Senon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Together, they demonstrate the ongoing settlement, household wealth management, and urban growth in late Roman Gaul.</p><p><br /></p><p>These finds challenge the notion of coin hoards as purely crisis-driven, instead showing routine savings embedded in daily life.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.unrv.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2025_12/IMG_8877.thumb.jpeg.3de6e7ed30a6f362b5546622bb630fe7.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.inrap.fr/un-quartier-d-habitation-de-l-agglomeration-antique-de-senon-meuse-20417" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.inrap.fr/un-quartier-d-habitation-de-l-agglomeration-antique-de-senon-meuse-20417" rel="nofollow">News | A residential area of the agglomeration ... | Inrap</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1-800-year-old-piggy-banks-full-of-roman-era-coins-unearthed-in-french-village" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1-800-year-old-piggy-banks-full-of-roman-era-coins-unearthed-in-french-village" rel="nofollow">1,800-year-old &#039;piggy banks&#039; full of Roman-era coins unearthed in French village | Live Science</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]lrSX_5wsdoY[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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