Live auction - bmv_892260 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Denier
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2024 15:56:44 |
Type : Denier
Date: (VIIIe siècle)
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,8 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan un peu court et irrégulier présentant un éclatement. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Plusieurs lettres dans le champ, dont un E et un T.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix aux bouts des bras pointés, cantonnée de trois globules et d’un A.
Commentary
Les lettres présentent dans le champ du droit sont parfois interprétées comme un animal stylisé.
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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