bmv_919667 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: (VIIIe siècle)
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Weight : 1,1 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan un peu court et irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise de médaillier
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]OMO[...]T[...].
Obverse description : Monogramme.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LEOD[...]I[...].
Reverse description : Croix.
Commentary
Le monogramme présent dans le champ du droit est parfois interprété 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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