BEAUVOISIN

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Location

City

Beauvoisin

County

Drôme

Region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

43.719 / 4.324 / 81.14 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

8544

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8544

Hoard name

BEAUVOISIN

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Dec 1865

Total number of coins

243

Summary

(+250) 243 Celtic and Roman republican silver coins. 37 Celtic coins of the horseman type and inscriptions DORNACOS/AVSCROS and DVRNACVS/DONNVS. 206 Roman republican coins: 195 denarii, 11 quinarii: 211 BC - 27 BC.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Other
Disposition

Musée archéologie nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (Inv.no. 1153-1355 - Roman coins; inv.no. 1356-1392 - Celtic coins)
Finder(s)

Faraud sisters, two young sheperds
Comment

Under a rock. The hoard was sent by Mr. Faraud to Napoleon III. It was recorded by Félicien de Saulcy
Terminal year (earliest)

-31
Terminal year (latest)

-27
Opening year (earliest)

-211
Opening year (latest)

-208
Coin-level data

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