Visit: the Gallic treasure of Tayac
It was in the course of December 1893 that a labourer unearthed two terracotta vases containing a set of gold objects: a massive gold torque weighing 762 g, a kind of big rigid collar or...
16 and 17 September 2023Passed
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©L. Gauthier, mairie de Bordeaux
It was in the course of December 1893 that a ploughman unearthed two terracotta vases containing a set of gold objects: a torque of solid gold weighing 762 g, a kind of large open rigid necklace, 73 small gold ingots weighing each 7.30 g, a gold wire coiled in spiral, an oval and flat ingot, a square ingot, and about 325 Gallic gold coins. Unfortunately, as soon as it was discovered, the treasure was scattered and part of it was rebuilt...