bmv_710568 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Denier à la croix crossée
450.00 €(Approx. 468.00$ | 373.50£)
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Type : Denier à la croix crossée
Date: fin du VIIIe siècle
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Weight : 0,82 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]PTIC[...].
Obverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre globules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...]C[...].
Reverse description : Croix crossée cantonnée de quatre point.
Commentary
Le motif de la croix crossée se retrouve sur des deniers du Palais (Paris) et de Poitiers.
Historical background
UNSPECIFIED MINT
(6th - 8th centuries)
Many Merovingian coins, badly minted, with very poor or inexplicit epigraphy, cannot be attributed to a particular mint. Too rare coins unfortunately have the same problem. The attributions being based on often old works, a coin unknown at the time will often have difficulty in being attributed, unless it is possible to read the mint or find the name of the mint and compare with its production in the workshops where he minted coins....
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