Abstract
The attribution of the status of a mint to the rural establishment of the Rochereaux at Migné-Auxances (Vienne) plain is based on: (1) the discovery of the physical space of a bronzesmith workshop specialized in the fabrication of monetary blanks, associated with combustion structures and tools; (2) the presence of forty monetary blanks in the ashes of the central hearth, some of which are still associated in clusters; (3) a minimal estimation that leads us to propose that, from a single utilization of the 152 crucibles recorded, 15,000 monetary blanks could be fabricated; (4) the concurrence between - in alloys, proportions and weight - blanks and coins at the site, as well as the concentration of this type of coin in the Pictone territory. The production of blanks and their very likely minting at this site occurred between 130 and 100 BC. It is highly probable that this site, located 5 km from Poitiers, maintained close dependant links with this oppidum.