CHOISY-AU-BAC

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Location

City

Choisy-au-Bac

County

Oise

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

49.436 / 2.879 / 38.05 view

Information

7203

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7203

Hoard name

CHOISY-AU-BAC

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1848

(to)

1849

Total number of coins

3001

Summary

The hoard comprised a large bronze vessel with a handle, filled with approximately 3,000 'medium and small' bronze coins (nummi) of the Tetrarchy to Constantius II and Magnentius.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Garden
Comment

The hoard was found in a tree throw in the garden of a house facing the village square.
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

337
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

337
Opening year (earliest)

161
Opening year (latest)

180
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

Vessel

A copper-alloy vessel with a handle, described as being 'quite large.'

References

Reference

TAF VIII.2

Ref

no. 16 (Oise)

P. Walton (21.4.16). Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CHOISY-AU-BAC

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A copper-alloy vessel with a handle, described as being 'quite large.'

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CHOISY-AU-BAC

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A copper-alloy vessel with a handle, described as being 'quite large.'

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire