Live auction - bmv_472618 - MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - BANASSAC (BANNACIACO) - Lozere Triens, SIGEBERT monétaire
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| Estimate : | 3 000 € |
| Price : | 1 900 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 900 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 June 2018 15:29:43 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Triens, SIGEBERT monétaire
Date: (VIIe siècle)
Mint name / Town : Banassac
Metal : gold
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,15 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe triens sur un flan un peu court mais avec les légendes complètes. Métal un peu clair et brillant, du plus bel aspect
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbare diadémée, à droite ; diadème perlée ; calotte et bouton occipital ; devant le profil, palme à trois brins avec une croisette devant le front.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GAVALETANO // BAH.
Reverse description : Calice à deux anses, posé sur une ligne d’exergue perlée.
Commentary
Les triens de ce type sont attribués au monétaire SIGEBERT et sont relativement abondants ce qui a permis d’en réaliser une étude précise, avec des différenciations parfois subjectives ! Sur cet exemplaire, appartenant vraisemblablement à la série D, "Avec palme à cinq branches et E lunaire", il est difficile de déterminer avec certitude le nombre de branches de la palme placée devant le visage. Cette légende GAVALETANO sans la terminaison FIT ne se retrouve que sur les triens B. 741-743. L'exergue est cependant mal lu, car en bord de flan ; il s'agit nettement des lettres BAH sur cet exemplaire, en non pas FIIT comme indiqué dans le Belfort !.
Historical background
MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - BANASSAC (BANNACIACO) - Lozere
(7th century)
During the first three centuries of our era Banassac, known as Banaciacum, was the second city of Gévaudan after Javols (Gabalum). It extends over the current location of the village, along the banks of the Urugne to the shoe of Malepeyre. Its prosperity is due to the manufacture of sigillated pottery. The pottery workshops were located on the banks of the Urugne. Their establishment is facilitated by the presence on site of good quality clay, the proximity of a river, firewood for the ovens and the vicinity of a communication axis linking Millau to Javols. Banassac was famous again in the Middle Ages thanks to its mints, which made it one of the most active centers in Gévaudan in the 6th and 7th centuries. It was the city where the greatest number of gold coins, sous and triens were minted; some minted with the effigies of Childebert II or Charibert II kings of Aquitaine and Austrasia. According to some, the tenth of the preserved Merovingian gold coins was made in Banassac. Banassac's recurring motif is a vase, perhaps a remnant of a pottery tradition....
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