ABSTRACTS of PAPERS and POSTERS 1. ABDY, Richard, The British Museum, London, United Kingdom The last coin in Pompeii?The coin hoard from the house of the golden bracelet Of the coinage circulating at the time of the eruption in Pompeii in AD 79, R. Cantilena has been able to publish a summary stretching from the 3rd century BC through to the reign of Vespasian (AD 69-79) as expected, but it even includes two denarii from the reign of Titus who had only succeeded to power at the end of June AD 79, just two months prior to the traditional date of the eruption of Vesuvius. Abdy notes that one of these two coins, from the coin hoard found near the bodies of its owners in the House of the Golden Bracelet has been recently used to challenge the traditional 24th August eruption date, despite being only in partly legible condition. It has long been known (although not well known) that nearly a dozen different dates were recorded in ancient writings; placing the destruction of the Vesuvian towns at various points throughout the late summer and autumn of AD 79 (24th August is simply the earliest of the run of these dates). The coin from the House of the Golden Bracelet had been thought to carry imperial titulature that was only awarded in September 79. However, after further conservation, it can be seen that there are at least two die links to the Pompeii denarius (both specimens are aurei, an example of occasional die sharing between the gold and silver of this period), allowing the whole coin to be read and demonstrating its production during July-August of that year. 2. ACHACHE, Steve, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France Liaisons de coins entre ateliers monétaires et typologie des séries d'Orléans, de Château-Landon et de "Blois-Vendôme": le cas du Trésor du "Loiret" Cette communication a pour sujet le Trésor dit "du Loiret", daté entre le premier quart et le milieu du Xe siècle. Composé de plus de mille monnaies conservées au Cabinet des Médailles de la BnF, le Trésor comprend d'importantes séries, dont celles d'Orléans et Château-Landon pour Raoul (923-936), ou encore les premiers monnayages des seigneuries de Blois et Vendôme. En étudiant conjointement les différents types monétaires des séries d'Orléans et de Château-Landon, nous avons constaté qu'il existe des liens indéniables entre les types frappés sous Raoul. Dans l'atelier d'Orléans comme dans celui de Château-Landon, le droit des monnaies porte la légende + CRATIA D-I REX et le monogramme de Raoul (RDFS). La gravure des coins de droit est semblable entre les deux ateliers. Il existe d'ailleurs une liaison de coins entre le droit d'un denier d'Orléans et celui d'un denier de Château-Landon. Cette découverte confirmerait l'hypothèse autrefois formulée par J. Duplessy à propos de l'existence d'ateliers monétaires "mineurs" tel que Château-Landon, dépendant d'un atelier régional, celui d'Orléans. L'utilisation d'un même coin de droit, la similarité des gravures et des types ouvrent plusieurs hypothèses: le partage des coins et l'organisation interne des ateliers; la circulation des monnaies et celle des graveurs. Ces observations amènent à reconsidérer l'autorité des premiers Robertiens dans leurs domaines. Ces questions sont étendues aux monnayages des premiers seigneurs de Blois et de Vendôme. Les seigneurs de Vendôme, alors dans l'influence des comtes de Blois, frappent monnaie dans un type similaire à celui des comtes. 3. ACKERMANN, Rahel C., Inventar der Fundmünzen der Schweiz, Berne, Switzerland The Swiss Inventory of Coin Finds The Swiss Inventory of Coin Finds (SICF) was founded in 1992 and is the centre of expertise for all coin finds in Switzerland. The database contains records of coin finds and coin-like objects like tokens, medals or coin weights from antiquity to modern times. The current finds as well as corresponding publications of the ongoing year are gathered in the annual Bulletin IFS ITMS IRMS. Scientific evaluations of coin finds according to geographical (i.e. cantons) or topical criteria (church finds, Celts) are being presented in the monographic series. Great attention is currently being paid to the online resources. All our bulletins and numerous articles etc. are at everyone‘s disposal as pdf files. εore and more data stock is being uploaded into our online database like e.g. roughly 15,000 coins from Augusta Raurica. Internationally acclaimed standards which enable the exchange and the fusion of different data stock in the first place are becoming increasingly important. The SICF formulates criteria for the structured registration of coin finds in Switzerland. We also coordinate the exchange with partner-institutions abroad and are an active partner of the European Coin Find Network (ECFN).