“Trouvailles monétaires” digital program: an update

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“Trouvailles monétaires” is a research program supported by the Bibliothèque nationale de France since 1978. Originally, its aim had been to study and publish important coin hoards in the Trésors monétaires series (27 volumes). Since 2016, the program has taken a new and more ambitious orientation, namely the implementation of a database intended for recording all coin hoards from France, from Antiquity to the modern period. The recording of single finds is also expected on the long term.The database is being designed according to TEI standards as part of a partnership between the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Université de Caen. A data format has been produced and a demonstrator is now available. Besides, a significant dataset has been gathered. General information on more than 5,000 hoards have been recorded so far from publications and archives. This paper aims at presenting the work achieved so far by the program and the challenges it will face in the future: creating an online database, completing the data, setting up national and international cooperation.