PAS-DE-CALAIS AREA

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Location

County

Pas-de-Calais

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

50.5732769 / 2.3244679 / 76.09 view

Find spot comment

The precise findspot is unknown but the hoard was thought to have come from the south of Pas-De-Calais or north east of Somme

Information

5647

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5647

Hoard name

PAS-DE-CALAIS AREA

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised a bronze vessel in the form of a double cornucopiae 'filled with coins of Postumus and other emperors which was dug up at the borders of Picardie'.

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Credit

Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

269
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

269
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A vessel in the form of a double cornucopiae, with one handle, 28cm in height and 13cm in diameter

References

Reference

Terninck, A. - 1878 - L'Artois Souterrain. Études Archéologiques sur cette Contrée Depuis les Temps les Plus Reculés Jusqu'au Règne de Charlemagne

Ref

III, p. 82

Reference

TAF II

Ref

87, no. 83

Updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2020; Feb. 2024).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

PAS-DE-CALAIS AREA

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A vessel in the form of a double cornucopiae, with one handle, 28cm in height and 13cm in diameter

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

PAS-DE-CALAIS AREA

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A vessel in the form of a double cornucopiae, with one handle, 28cm in height and 13cm in diameter

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire