SAINTE-OPPORTUNE-DU-BOSC

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Location

City

Sainte-Opportune-du-Bosc

County

Eure

Region

Normandie

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

49.1617729 / 0.837483 / 140.34 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Close to Bosc farm

Information

5810

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/5810

Hoard name

SAINTE-OPPORTUNE-DU-BOSC

Alternative names

Neuville-du-Bosc

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1862

Total number of coins

1700

Summary

The hoard comprised a terracotta vessel (broken before discovery) containing between 1,600 and 1700 poorly preserved bronze coins of Probus, Maximian I and Constantine I.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

306
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

337
Opening year (earliest)

276
Opening year (latest)

282
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A terracotta vessel which was broken before its discovery.

References

Reference

Loisel, A. - 1862 - Découverte des medailles romaines à Neuville-du-Bosc

Ref

489

Reference

Blanchet, A. - 1900 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines et les invasions germaniques de la Gaule

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no. 393

Reference

Coutil, L. - 1909 - Le trésor gallo-romain d'Acquigny et les trésors de monnaies romaines découverts dans le département de l'Eure

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Reference

Coutil, L. - 1917 - Archéologie gauloise, gallo-romaine, franque et carolingienne de l'Eure: III. Arr. De Bernay

Ref

190

Reference

Mathière, J. - 1925 - La civitas des Aulerci Eburovices à l'époque gallo-romaine

Ref

351; no. 24

Comment

cf. p. 234 and p. 301

Reference

Doranlo, R.-E. - 1956 - La cachette monétaire romaine de Douvres

Ref

no. 10

Reference

Loriot, X. - 1980 - Trésors de monnaies romaines découverts dans le département de l'Eure

Ref

135; no. 49

Reference

TAF IV

Ref

68 (Eure)

Updated by C. Gazdac (June 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SAINTE-OPPORTUNE-DU-BOSC

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A terracotta vessel which was broken before its discovery.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SAINTE-OPPORTUNE-DU-BOSC

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A terracotta vessel which was broken before its discovery.

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire