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WARLENCOURT-EAUCOURT

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Location

City

Warlencourt-Eaucourt

County

Pas-de-Calais

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

50.0884 / 2.8182 / 102.41 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

North of the hill of Warlencourt, close to the N. 29 from Bapaume to Albert.

Information

ID

3956

Permalink

https://827063.czjdr4fae.asia/hoard/3956

Hoard name

WARLENCOURT-EAUCOURT

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

21 Sep 1958

Total number of coins

1942

Summary

The hoard comprised 1,942 antoniniani (radiates). Three coins (Valerian I, Gallienus, Postumus) were given to the perish care taker, four coins (Gallienus) to the collector who helped the finder, of which 1935 were studied by Bastien and Huvelin. Silver: 1869, 66 coins; Silver weight: 505.6-2335.3g.

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Rating
Archaeological context
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Objects
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Credit

Discovery method

Metal detector
Discovery depth (m)

0.40
Land Use

Unknown
Finder(s)

Victor Blondel
Comment

While searching for shells from the WWI.
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Aurelian
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

254
Opening year (latest)

254
Coin-level data

Available to enter

Fetching coin data

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A pear-shaped vessel 'piriforme'. H: 18 cm; Rim diameter: 7.8 cm; Diameter maxime: 13 cm; Bottom diameter: 8.5 cm Bastien, Huvelin 1960, 203, fig. 3; 204, fig. 4

References

Reference

Bastien, P. and Huvelin, H. - 1960 - Trésor d'«antoniniani» à la Butte de Warlencourt (de Valérien à Aurélien)

Ref

199-242

Reference

Callu, J.-P. - 1969 - La politique monétaire des empereurs romains, de 238 à 311

Ref

215, 225-227, 239-241, 279, 283, 286, 303, 306-307

Reference

Ref

197

Reference

Ref

79 (Pas-De-Calais)

Reference

Guest, P. - 1994 - A Comparative Study of Coin Hoards from the Western Roman Empire

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

no. 1047

Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2020).