v08_1079 - POITOU - COUNTY OF POITOU - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES II THE BALD Denier
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
Realised price : 111.29 €
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
Realised price : 111.29 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1000-1050
Mint name / Town : Melle
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,20 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large dont l'essentiel du grènetis extérieur à visible. Frappe bien venue au droit et au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CARLVS RE+ O, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 1 HEURE, S RÉTROGRADE).
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MET/ALO.
Reverse description : En deux lignes dans le champ, un besant au-dessus, un au centre et un au-dessous.
Reverse translation : (Melle).
Commentary
Notre exemplaire, d'un poids un peu plus léger que ceux des deniers de Fécamp, a certainement été frappé durant la première moitié du Xe siècle.
Historical background
POITOU - COUNTY OF POITOU - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES II THE BALD
(10th-12th centuries)
In the 10th century, the Melle workshop belonged to the Counts of Poitiers. This workshop, located near a lead silver mine (still visited), is one of the few mentioned in the edict of Pistre. From 877, the Melle mint continued to mint denarii and obols in the name of the late King Charles II, known as "the Bald". Melle was an active workshop until the middle of the 12th century, a period around which all activity ceased, certainly due to a shortage of wood essential for the extraction of the ore and the smelting operations..
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