v46_0008 - LOUIS THE PIOUS Obole
MONNAIES 46 (2010)
Starting price : 1 900.00 €
Estimate : 3 000.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 1 900.00 €
Estimate : 3 000.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole
Date: circa 822-840
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Melle
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large. Faiblesse de frappe au niveau du motif central. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + HLVDOVVICVS IMP.
Obverse description : Croix formée de quatre triangles autour d’un point.
Obverse translation : (Louis, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + METALLVM.
Reverse description : Deux coins et deux marteaux.
Reverse translation : (Religion chrétienne).
Commentary
Obole appartenant à une série particulièrement intéressante avec deux coins et deux marteaux, symboles monétaires de l’atelier minière et de l’extraction minière des mines mérovingiennes et carolingiennes de Melle (Deux-Sèvres).
Historical background
LOUIS THE PIOUS
(01/25/814-06/20/840)
Louis, who had been king of Aquitaine since 781, became emperor without issue on the death of his father in 814, the only surviving legitimate son. In the first part of his reign, until the year 829, he continued the work of his father and his coinage. The birth of Charles from a second marriage in 823 with Judith of Bavaria will bring his other sons, Lothair, Pepin and Louis to revolt against him. He was dethroned twice in 830 and 833 and the kingdom remained divided until his death in 840.
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