bmv_713955 - POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Denier au monogramme M
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Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Denier au monogramme M
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Melle (79)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,07 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : M sous une barre avec un E à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Monogramme comportant un A, un E et un V (incomplet).
Historical background
POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres)
(late 7th - 8th centuries)
The Melle workshop, in the south-east of Deux-Sèvres, was important in the Carolingian period and seems to have been in operation from the Merovingian period. The silver-lead mines are still accessible and can be visited by a wide public.
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