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NEUVILLE-EN-AVESNOIS

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Location

City

Neuville-en-Avesnois

County

Nord

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

50.19876 / 3.581356 / 114.76 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

5571

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5571

Hoard name

NEUVILLE-EN-AVESNOIS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1780

Total number of coins

300

Summary

The hoard comprised a bronze statuette and approximately 300 silver coins from Septimius Severus to Postumus. The coins were bought by the Abbot Carlier, curate of Bavay. The statuette was acquired by the Museum of Douai where it remained until 1944 when it was destroyed in a fire.

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Coins Summary
Coins
Rating
Archaeological context
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Objects
References
Reports
Images
Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Museum of Douai (until 1944)
Finder(s)

Worker
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

269
Opening year (earliest)

193
Opening year (latest)

211
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Objects belonging to this hoard

Statuette
Described as 'une statuette en bronze d'orateur'

References

Faider-Feytmans, G. - 1960 - Trésor d'antoniniens à Howardries

Ref

254, 257

Comment

note 19

Reference

Ref

61

Updated by C. Gazdac (June 2020).