PIERREFONDS 1864

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Location

City

Pierrefonds

County

Oise

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Ancient place

Pierrefonds

Lat/Long/Alt

49.3494 / 2.9809 / 83.5 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

The hoard was found at la Ville des Gaules.

Information

7230

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Hoard name

PIERREFONDS 1864

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

18 Nov 1864

(to)

25 Nov 1864

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard was found in the remains of a building which was probably destroyed by fire. It comprised 46 Roman coins, one Iron Age coin, one silver finger ring and one copper-alloy finger ring.

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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

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Date of excavation (from)

1864
Date of excavation (to)

1864
Site comment

The hoard was found at a Gallo-Roman vicus site in the remains of a building which had been destroyed by fire (No. 37 on the excavation plans)
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Vicus

Depositional context

Destruction deposit

Period

Roman

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
A silver finger ring with a intaglio representing Pothos and datable to the 2nd century AD. The finger ring is in the Man Collection (Inv. No. 29224)

Finger ring
A copper-alloy finger ring of Guiraud's Type 6d. The finger ring is in the Man Collection (Inv. No. 14438)

References

Reference

TAF VIII.2

Ref

no. 52 (Oise)

P. Walton (25.4.16). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

PIERREFONDS 1864

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
A silver finger ring with a intaglio representing Pothos and datable to the 2nd century AD. The finger ring is in the Man Collection (Inv. No. 29224)

Finger ring
A copper-alloy finger ring of Guiraud's Type 6d. The finger ring is in the Man Collection (Inv. No. 14438)

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

PIERREFONDS 1864

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring A silver finger ring with a intaglio representing Pothos and datable to the 2nd century AD. The finger ring is in the Man Collection (Inv. No. 29224)

Finger ring A copper-alloy finger ring of Guiraud's Type 6d. The finger ring is in the Man Collection (Inv. No. 14438)

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Finger ring
A silver finger ring with a intaglio representing Pothos and datable to the 2nd century AD. The finger ring is in the Man Collection (Inv. No. 29224)

Finger ring
A copper-alloy finger ring of Guiraud's Type 6d. The finger ring is in the Man Collection (Inv. No. 14438)