BIACHE-SAINT-VAAST

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Location

City

Biache-Saint-Vaast

County

Pas-de-Calais

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

50.312 / 2.944 / 48.9 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Near to Scarpe towards Hamblain-les-Prés

Information

5648

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5648

Hoard name

BIACHE-SAINT-VAAST

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1872

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 'a trunk containing silver and bronze coins of the Early Empire and a vessel containing a certain number of sestertii'. The hoard was interpreted as the treasury for the shrine at the site.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

The findspot is described as a 'small shrine or fanum'
Site class

Rural

Context

Temple or shrine

Containers belonging to this hoard

Trunk

'un tronc en forme de tube terminé par une gueule ouverte et contenant des monnaies d'argent et de bronze du Haut Empire'

Vessel

'un vase contenant un certain nombres de sesterces'

References

Reference

Terninck, A. - 1874 - Essai sur l'industrie gallo-romaine en Attrébatie

Ref

245-246

Reference

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

Ref

II, p. 122 and 124

Reference

TAF II

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no. 84 (Pas-de-Calais)

P. Walton (2015); uploaded by J. Mairat (Nov. 2015). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BIACHE-SAINT-VAAST

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Trunk

'un tronc en forme de tube terminé par une gueule ouverte et contenant des monnaies d'argent et de bronze du Haut Empire'

Vessel

'un vase contenant un certain nombres de sesterces'

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BIACHE-SAINT-VAAST

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Trunk

'un tronc en forme de tube terminé par une gueule ouverte et contenant des monnaies d'argent et de bronze du Haut Empire'

Vessel

'un vase contenant un certain nombres de sesterces'

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire