MONS-BOUBERT

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Location

City

Mons-Boubert

County

Somme

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

50.105 / 1.837 / 11.38 view

Information

3813

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3813

Hoard name

MONS-BOUBERT

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1982

Total number of coins

572

Summary

572 silver coins: 22 denarii, 550 antoniniani (radiates): M. Aurelius (Lucilla) - Postumus (AD 268); silver weight: 180.5-1484.6 g. Found together with Gold jewelry: 1 necklace, 2 rings, 2 sets of earrings

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

0.40
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Finder(s)

Farmer
Comment

While ploughing
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

268
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

161
Opening year (latest)

180
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

found by a farm labourer digging on the uphill slope of the mountain, when he came across many black pottery sherds and the base of a pot containing the hoard. A piece of cloth was wrapped around the items of jewellery.
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

It is a "pot" of dark gray-blackish pottery, poorly cooked and poor quality, contains a limestone degreaser with small grains of flint clearly visible especially on the outer wall. pool. The bottom is concave.

Tissue

A Fragment of tissue that wrapped the jewelry.

References

Reference

Amandry, M., Delestrée, L.P. and Hollard, D. - 1987 - Le trésor de Mons-Boubert (Somme). Deniers et antoniniens de Lucille à Postume

Ref

31-45

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

no. 898

Updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2018).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

MONS-BOUBERT

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

It is a "pot" of dark gray-blackish pottery, poorly cooked and poor quality, contains a limestone degreaser with small grains of flint clearly visible especially on the outer wall. pool. The bottom is concave.

Tissue

A Fragment of tissue that wrapped the jewelry.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Gold ring
With green paste setting. Wt.: not established.

Gold earring set
Set with emerald. L.: 1.5cm. Wt.: not established.

Gold earring set
Set with emerald. Wt.: not established.

Gold necklace
Fragmentary. With coloured stone settings. Surviving length: 9.5cm. Wt.: not established.

Gold ring
With engraved stone setting. Wt.: not established.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

MONS-BOUBERT

Containers belonging to this hoard

It is a "pot" of dark gray-blackish pottery, poorly cooked and poor quality, contains a limestone degreaser with small grains of flint clearly visible especially on the outer wall. pool. The bottom is concave.

A Fragment of tissue that wrapped the jewelry.

Objects belonging to this hoard

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