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ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE

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Location

City

Arques-la-Bataille

Address

Archelles

County

Seine-Maritime

Region

Normandie

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

49.88 / 1.143 / 8.49 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

ID

5661

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5661

Hoard name

ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Total number of coins

250

Summary

The hoard comprised a 'pile' - 'amas' of 250 sestertii and radiates, the majority being of Postumus. They included some local imitations of Postumus and a finger ring. The hoard was discovered during the construction of a furniture factory in the 'ballast' of the sandy valley, by workmen from the Baron company (of Rouen).

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Coins Summary
Coins
Rating
Archaeological context
Containers
Objects
References
Reports
Images
Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

0.50
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Musée de Dieppe
Finder(s)

Workers
Comment

While building the furniture factory.
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

269
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
No further information

References

Anonymous - 1901 - L'architecture et la construction dans l'Ouest

Ref

67

Reference

Milet, A. - 1904 - Catalogue du musée de Dieppe

Ref

51

Reference

De Vesly, L. - 1905 - Cachettes monétaires (époque-gallo-romaine) dans le département de la Seine-Inférieure

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242-250 and 25203

Comment

Tr. No. 6

Reference

Deglatigny, Louis - 1931 - Inventaire archéologique de la Seine-Inférieure : période gallo-romaine

Ref

162

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1943 - Supplément manuscrit à Les trésors de monnaies romaines et les invasions germaniques en Gaule

Ref

no. 1124

Reference

Loriot, X. and Delaporte, J. - 1980 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines découvertes dans le département de la Seine-Maritime

Ref

29; no. 6

Reference

Ref

6 (Seine-Maritime)

Reference

Hollard, D. - 1992 - La thésaurisation du monnayage de bronze de Postume: structure et chronologie des dépôts monétaires

Ref

97-98

P.Walton (2014); uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015); updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2018).