COMBERTAULT

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Location

City

Combertault

County

Côte-d'Or

Region

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

46.9924 / 4.8991 / 192 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

4546

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/4546

Hoard name

COMBERTAULT

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

23 Aug 1803

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised an unknown number of late antique gold coins, from Arcadius to Avitus. 96 coins were recorded for a global weight of 427.2g.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Finder(s)

Anne Devevey
Closing reign (earliest)

Avitus
Terminal year (earliest)

455
Closing reign (latest)

Avitus
Terminal year (latest)

456
Opening year (earliest)

395
Opening year (latest)

408
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Natural features

The hoard was found near meadows alongside the river Bouzouze, in a flood-risk area
Site comment

On the path of the road from Autun to Besançon, c. 50 feet away from the church of Combertault.
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

A copper vessel

diameter: 6 'pouces' (=16.24 cm) height: 7 'pouces' (=18.94 cm)

References

Reference

Lafaurie, J. - 1984 - Trésor de monnaies d'or du Ve siècle trouvé en 1803 à Combertault (Côte-d'Or)

Ref

145-160

Reference

Kent, J. - 1994 - The Roman Imperial Coinage : 10. The divided Empire and the fall of the western parts AD 395-491

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p. xciv

Reference

Bland, R. - 1997 - Changing patterns of hoards of precious metal coins in the late Empire

Ref

table 4, no. 56

Reference

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

Ref

no. 1636

Reference

CAG 21/2

Ref

178; no. 185

A. Hostein (14.07.16); updated by C. Gazdac (June 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

COMBERTAULT

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

A copper vessel

diameter: 6 'pouces' (=16.24 cm) height: 7 'pouces' (=18.94 cm)

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

COMBERTAULT

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

A copper vessel

diameter: 6 'pouces' (=16.24 cm) height: 7 'pouces' (=18.94 cm)

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire