bmv_646280 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Triens
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Type : Triens
Date: c. 600-675
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : gold
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,12 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce triens est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et présente de hauts reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : [S]AVL[...]CIF +.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VCLOMPV.
Reverse description : Croix ancrée cantonnée de points reposant sur deux degrés.
Commentary
Triens sans nom d’atelier bien lisible ne permettant pas une attribution précise à un lieu géographique déterminé.
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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