Trois monnaies en contexte « aqueduc » à Lyon à l’épreuve de la numismatique et de l’archéologie
Three coins found in the vicinity of Lyon’s aqueducts have haunted the literature for more than two centuries, mentioned in one text after another as chronological evidence relating to construction or repair work on one or other of the canals, together with more or less complete quotations or embedd...
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| description | Three coins found in the vicinity of Lyon’s aqueducts have haunted the literature for more than two centuries, mentioned in one text after another as chronological evidence relating to construction or repair work on one or other of the canals, together with more or less complete quotations or embedded information without any source.It therefore seems appropriate to go back to the original documents and to expose them to contemporary numismatic evaluation in order to reassess the relevance of these data. Of course, the preservation of the memory of these ancient finds dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries entails approximations arising from their unexpected discovery in contexts that are unlikely to be conducive to study. But they remain invaluable and allow us to guess the scale of archaeological loss during the modern and contemporary periods.It appears that a coin removed from masonry in the Brévenne aqueduct probably corresponds to a repair and therefore confirms the aqueduct’s continuing operation throughout the second century CE, while another one, which receives very little mention, can hardly be linked with the Gier aqueduct with which it is associated. A final coin probably owes its close contact with the piers of a collapsed bridge that presumably supported the Yzeron aqueduct to the hazards of river bank erosion. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e7fa3635a2bd4295bc789e4bb34bf99d2025-02-05T15:47:38ZengCNRS ÉditionsGallia0016-41192109-95882023-12-0180132733210.4000/11udfTrois monnaies en contexte « aqueduc » à Lyon à l’épreuve de la numismatique et de l’archéologieChristian CécillonCatherine CoquidéThree coins found in the vicinity of Lyon’s aqueducts have haunted the literature for more than two centuries, mentioned in one text after another as chronological evidence relating to construction or repair work on one or other of the canals, together with more or less complete quotations or embedded information without any source.It therefore seems appropriate to go back to the original documents and to expose them to contemporary numismatic evaluation in order to reassess the relevance of these data. Of course, the preservation of the memory of these ancient finds dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries entails approximations arising from their unexpected discovery in contexts that are unlikely to be conducive to study. But they remain invaluable and allow us to guess the scale of archaeological loss during the modern and contemporary periods.It appears that a coin removed from masonry in the Brévenne aqueduct probably corresponds to a repair and therefore confirms the aqueduct’s continuing operation throughout the second century CE, while another one, which receives very little mention, can hardly be linked with the Gier aqueduct with which it is associated. A final coin probably owes its close contact with the piers of a collapsed bridge that presumably supported the Yzeron aqueduct to the hazards of river bank erosion.https://journals.openedition.org/gallia/8615 |
| spellingShingle | Christian Cécillon Catherine Coquidé Trois monnaies en contexte « aqueduc » à Lyon à l’épreuve de la numismatique et de l’archéologie Gallia |
| title | Trois monnaies en contexte « aqueduc » à Lyon à l’épreuve de la numismatique et de l’archéologie |
| title_full | Trois monnaies en contexte « aqueduc » à Lyon à l’épreuve de la numismatique et de l’archéologie |
| title_fullStr | Trois monnaies en contexte « aqueduc » à Lyon à l’épreuve de la numismatique et de l’archéologie |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trois monnaies en contexte « aqueduc » à Lyon à l’épreuve de la numismatique et de l’archéologie |
| title_short | Trois monnaies en contexte « aqueduc » à Lyon à l’épreuve de la numismatique et de l’archéologie |
| title_sort | trois monnaies en contexte aqueduc a lyon a l epreuve de la numismatique et de l archeologie |
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