QUIBERON 1951

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Location

City

Quiberon

County

Morbihan

Region

Bretagne

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

47.4847 / -3.104 / 7.53 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Old allotment no. 106, section AO, owner Mr. Georges Choupeaux. Nowadays, no. 599 , owner Mr. Nevo.

Information

10354

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/10354

Hoard name

QUIBERON 1951

Alternative names

QUIBERON I; PORT-HALIGUEN I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

19 Mar 1951

Total number of coins

482

Summary

470 coins found with a ceramic urn. 20 coins were spread among locals. The hoard consists of mostly Augustan coins, together with republican and Celtic issues. Although the coins appear in good condition almost all of them were hammered or halved, and countermarked. Found on the same allotment as Quiberon 1985. One hoard split into two vessels. 32 more coins were discovered while searching the area after the discovery of the Quiberon 1985 hoard.

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Discovery method

Gardening
Land Use

Garden
Disposition

Cabinet des Médailles (Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale de France), Paris, France (in 1951)
Finder(s)

Two children
Comment

Found by digging a pit in the garden.
Closing reign (earliest)

Augustus
Terminal year (earliest)

-2
Closing reign (latest)

Augustus
Terminal year (latest)

-2
Opening year (earliest)

-150
Opening year (latest)

-146
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic urn

Gray coarse. Height: 16 cm, Thickness: 2 cm

References

Reference

Merlat, P. - 1951 - Ve circonscription

Ref

85-86

Reference

Giard, J.-B. - 1967 - Le trésor de Port-Haliguen. Contribution à l'étude du monnayage d'Auguste

Ref

119-139

Reference

Goulpeau, L. - 1985 - Un second trésor d'époque augustéenne découvert à Port- Haliguen (Quiberon, Morbihan)

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83-93

Reference

RPC I

Ref

p. 153

David Swan 08.12.2017. Updated by C. Gazdac (Mar. 2020). RPC reference added by M. Spoerri (August 2022).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

QUIBERON 1951

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic urn

Gray coarse. Height: 16 cm, Thickness: 2 cm

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

QUIBERON 1951

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic urn

Gray coarse. Height: 16 cm, Thickness: 2 cm

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire