SAINT-NIZIER-LE-BOUCHOUX

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Location

City

Saint-Nizier-le-Bouchoux

County

Ain

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

46.459 / 5.151 / 213.57 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

6297

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/6297

Hoard name

SAINT-NIZIER-LE-BOUCHOUX

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1876

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 5 sestertii, dupondii or asses from Tiberius to Commodus and was found in association with a key handle, an incense burner, two statues (one being of Mercury) and a statue base. The remains of a Roman building, the function of which was undetermined, was found close by.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

180
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

192
Opening year (earliest)

14
Opening year (latest)

37
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

The hoard was found in or close to an ancient structure.
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain structure

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

Protat, J. - 1893 - (Saint-Nizier-Le-Bouchoux)

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358-361, 363

Comment

Figures

Reference

Protat, J. - 1900 - (Saint-Nizier-Le-Bouchoux)

Ref

190-192

Comment

Pl. XXII-XXVII

Reference

Dubois, E. - 1942 - Histoire des pays qui ont formé le département de l'Ain. T. III: Période gallo-romaine

Ref

189

Reference

Dubois, E. - 1947 - (Saint-Nizier-Le-Bouchoux)

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160-161

Reference

Buisson, A. and Loriot, X. - 1986 - Les trésors de monnaies romaines dans le département de l'Ain

Ref

24; no. 34

Reference

TAF V.1

Ref

no. 55 (Ain)

P. Walton (2015). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SAINT-NIZIER-LE-BOUCHOUX

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Statue
Three fragments of a copper-alloy statue: the left leg wearing a greave and inlaid with silver decoration; a rectangular plaque in the form of a quiver, inlaid with silver decoration; a fragment of drapery. It is estimated that the entire statue would have measured 53cm in height.

Statue
A statue of Mercury measuring 19.5cm in height

Key handle
A key handle in the shape of a greyhound

Incense burner
An incense burner in three pieces

Statue base
A statue base in the form of a small, hollow cube

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SAINT-NIZIER-LE-BOUCHOUX

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Statue Three fragments of a copper-alloy statue: the left leg wearing a greave and inlaid with silver decoration; a rectangular plaque in the form of a quiver, inlaid with silver decoration; a fragment of drapery. It is estimated that the entire statue would have measured 53cm in height.

Statue A statue of Mercury measuring 19.5cm in height

Key handle A key handle in the shape of a greyhound

Incense burner An incense burner in three pieces

Statue base A statue base in the form of a small, hollow cube

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Statue
Three fragments of a copper-alloy statue: the left leg wearing a greave and inlaid with silver decoration; a rectangular plaque in the form of a quiver, inlaid with silver decoration; a fragment of drapery. It is estimated that the entire statue would have measured 53cm in height.

Statue
A statue of Mercury measuring 19.5cm in height

Key handle
A key handle in the shape of a greyhound

Incense burner
An incense burner in three pieces

Statue base
A statue base in the form of a small, hollow cube