AMBLETEUSE

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Location

City

Ambleteuse

County

Pas-de-Calais

Region

Hauts-de-France

Country

France

Lat/Long/Alt

50.8113699 / 1.606935 / 28.96 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

At a place called 'Langue de Chien' on rocks off the coast of Ambleteuse

Information

3976

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Hoard name

AMBLETEUSE

Alternative names

Ulterior Portus

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1838

(to)

1839

Total number of coins

137

Summary

Found by a fisherman amongst rocks off the coast of Ambleteuse. Silver: ? (137) coins; Silver weight: ? (24.8-43.8g)

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Boulogne (statue, cup, spoons); The British Museum (ewer)
Finder(s)

Fisherman
Closing reign (earliest)

Florian
Terminal year (earliest)

275
Closing reign (latest)

Florian
Terminal year (latest)

275
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

268
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Ancient port.
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Darcel, A. - 1867 - De l’émaillerie

Ref

271-273

Reference

Desseille, E. - 1885 - L'année boulonnaise. Ephémérides historiques intéressant le Pays Boulonnais

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566

Reference

Sauvage, H.-E. - 1904 - IV. Monnaies trouvées à Ambleteuse

Ref

507-509

Reference

Baratte, F. - 1980 - La coupe en argent niellé d’Ambleteuse

Ref

75-78

Reference

Seillier, C. - 1980 - Trésor de monnaies et d’orfèvrerie d’époque romaine à Ambleteuse (Pas-de-Calais)

Ref

71-74

Reference

TAF II

Ref

3 (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. 1066

Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

AMBLETEUSE

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Statuette
A statuette of the god Mars.

Cup
No further information

spoon
No further information

Ewer
No further information

Plate
A large silver plate with chasing. This was melted down.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

AMBLETEUSE

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Statuette A statuette of the god Mars.

Cup No further information

spoon No further information

Ewer No further information

Plate A large silver plate with chasing. This was melted down.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Statuette
A statuette of the god Mars.

Cup
No further information

spoon
No further information

Ewer
No further information

Plate
A large silver plate with chasing. This was melted down.