ANNECY 1866

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City

Annecy

County

Haute-Savoie

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Ancient place

Boutae

Lat/Long/Alt

45.907 / 6.123 / 451 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

In the district Fins, behind Notre-Dame-de-Pitié, on the property of Mr. Bonetti (parcel 359) near the Roman road.

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Hoard name

ANNECY 1866

Alternative names

BOUTAE III; BOUTAE; BOVTAE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

26 Mar 1866

Total number of coins

10700

Summary

(30 kg) 10,700 silver coins, denarii and antoniniani: Caracalla - Probus (AD 276-282); silver weight: 1919.3-27660.6g

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

0.30
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Académie florimontane, Annecy, France; Musée d'Annecy, inv.no. 3058; Schwizerisches Landesmuseum, Zürich, Switzerland (187 coins)
Finder(s)

Mr. Bonetti
Comment

Hoard found very Close to ANNECY II.2. Most likely one hoard. It must be mentioned here that on the same parcel other artefacts have been discovered in different years: 1 forge, 3 envils and 2 hammers (1854); 3 amphoras, fragments from a bronze statue (1867). Thee artefacts suggest a smith workshop where most likely the coins were also melted down beside other scrap metal.
Closing reign (earliest)

Probus
Terminal year (earliest)

276
Closing reign (latest)

Probus
Terminal year (latest)

282
Opening year (earliest)

211
Opening year (latest)

217
Coin-level data

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Site comment

Found in two vessels. In the same area came out: 1 forge, 3 envils and 2 hammers (1854); 3 amphoras, fragments from a bronze statue (1867).
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain structure