| Berthouville Treasure | |
|---|---|
 Silver figure of the Roman god Mercury | |
| Material | Silver |
| Weight | Combined 25 kilograms (55 lb) |
| Created | 1st-2nd century CE |
| Period/culture | Gallo-Roman |
| Discovered | 21 March 1830 Berthouville, Normandy, France |
| Present location | National Library of France |
The Berthouville treasure is a hoard of Roman silver uncovered by ploughing in March 1830[1] at the hamlet of Villeret[2] in the commune of Berthouville in the Eure département of Normandy, northern France. Purchased at the time of discovery for a modest 15,000 francs, the treasure is conserved in the Cabinet des Médailles at the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris.[3]
- ^ The 21 March, by Prosper Taurin, according to Auguste Le Prévost, who had been born nearby at Bernay (Prévost, Mémoire sur la collection de vases antiques trouvée en 1830 à Berthouville (arr. de Bernay), Caen, 1832:6); Archives relative to the acquisition of the Berthouville Treasure, B.N. 8 AMC 35 (1830) Archived May 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Bouillett, Auguste (1 January 1897). Klincksieck, C. (ed.). "Un manuscrit inconnu du Liber Miraulorum Sancte Fidis" (PDF). Mémoires de la Société nationale des antiquaires de France. Sixth series (in French). 8 (1). Paris, France: Société nationale des antiquaires de France: 228–232. ISSN 2263-4428. OCLC 491892795. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Reporting M. Join-Lambert's excavations of two temples, a theatre and wells near the site in 1896 with date and location of excavation
- ^ Ernest Babelon (director of the département des monnaies, médailles et antiques, BN), Le trésor d'argenterie de Bertouville près de Bernay (Eure) conservé au Département de médailles et antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale, Paris 1916; Ruth E. Leader-Newby, Silver and Society in Late Antiquity: Functions and Meanings of Silver Plate (Ashgate) 2004; D.E. Strong, Greek and Roman Gold and Silver Plate (London 1968)