Live auction - bmv_640103 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Denier
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 January 2021 16:39:50 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier
Date: VIIIe siècle
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Poitou ?
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Weight : 1,03 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur flan irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]O[...].
Obverse description : Sorte de crosse.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...]EOD[...].
Reverse description : Croix.
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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