The Treasure of Pionsat is a collection of

Arverni The Arverni (Gaulish: *''Aruernoi'') were a Gallic people dwelling in the modern Auvergne region during the Iron Age and the Roman period. They were one of the most powerful tribes of ancient Gaul, contesting primacy over the region with the ne ...

coins discovered in 1852 at

Pionsat Pionsat (; oc, Pionsat) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France. Inte ...

in Puy-de-Dôme, France. The coins date from the middle of the first century BC. The treasure had been buried a few kilometers from the open pit gold mines at

Combrailles Combrailles (; oc, Combralha) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme departme ...

. At the time of the 1852 discovery, 200 to 300 coins were counted, but most of them soon vanished.''Chroniques archéologiques du centre de la France'' Tome 43 - 2004 - page 286
/ref> Today only 51 certified coins exist in public and private collections. Twenty-one of the coins are at the National Library of France. The discovery provides the most important historical source for the coinage of Arverni, especially of those attributed to Vercingétorix . A study by Sylvia Nieto and Jean-Noël Barrandon regarding Arverni coinage reported that there are 137 extant coins, 27 in the name of Vercingétorix. Of these, 16 are part of this treasure.Sylvia Nieto et Jean-Noël Barrandon, ''Le monnayage en or arverne : essai de chronologie relative à partir des données typologiques et analytiques'', Revue numismatique, 2002, n°25

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{{Reflist Treasure troves in France 1852 archaeological discoveries