Live auction - bmv_855587 - AURELIANORUM CIVITAS - ORLÉANS (Loiret) Denier, monétaire MAVRINVS
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 900 € |
| Maximum bid : | 920 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 16:15:21 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier, monétaire MAVRINVS
Date: c. 700-725
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Orléans (45)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,17 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Monnaie présentant de hauts reliefs et recouverte d’une légère patine grise
Predigree :
Monnaie de la collection Philippe Schiesser publiée dans les RTSENA 7, p. 33
Obverse
Obverse legend : + MAVRINVS MONIT.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée à droite.
Obverse translation : (Maurinus monétaire).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + AVRELI[...].
Reverse description : D/NA//RIIO formant une croix.
Reverse translation : (Denier d’Orléans).
Commentary
Il s’agit de l’une des rares monnaies mérovingiennes portant le qualificatif de “Dinario” (denier). Nous renvoyons à l'article de Philippe Schiesser publié en juin 2018 dans le Bulletin de la Société Française de Numismatique faisant connaître une autre rare série monétaire avec au revers une croix chrismée sur deux degrés et avec la légende DINARIO ARLENAVI (denier d’Orléans).
Historical background
AURELIANORUM CIVITAS - ORLÉANS (Loiret)
(7th-8th century)
Cenabum was founded during antiquity. It was a Gallic stronghold, one of the main towns of the Carnutes tribe. Major trading port for the corporation of the nautes of the Loire, it was conquered and destroyed by Caesar in 52 BC. J. -VS. , then rebuilt in Roman style. The city has always been a strategic crossing point of the Loire because it is located on the northernmost point of the river, therefore closest to Paris.. The city experienced such an economic boom that the Roman Emperor Aurelian refounded it as the capital of a new city detached from the Carnutes. It was named city of Aurélien then simply Orléans by simplification and phonetic evolution. Accompanied by the Vandals, the Alans cross the Loire in 408. One of their groups, led by Goar agrees to join the Roman armed forces. Aetius installs it on the Loire and in Orléans. A hundred localities in Orléans remember the settlement of this people: Allaines, Allainville, etc.. In the Middle Ages Orléans is one of the three richest cities in France with Rouen and Paris, again thanks to its proximity to Paris and its place of passage on the Loire. During the Merovingian period Orléans was the capital of the kingdom of Orléans following the division of the kingdom of Clovis I into four. The Orléans workshop was quite prolific during the Merovingian period. Its production is characterized by a wide variety of types, both for gold and silver. Source: Wikipedia. org.
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