v11_0602 - POITOU - METALUS VICUS - Melle ? (Deux-Sevres) Denier
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 518.33 €
Number of bids : 16
Maximum bid : 689.07 €
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 518.33 €
Number of bids : 16
Maximum bid : 689.07 €
Type : Denier
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Melle ?
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,86 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Les reliefs sont nets sur les deux faces. Une légère patine grise recouvre cet exemplaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]OCO, (LÉGENDE CORROMPUE).
Obverse description : Tête à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CORROMPUE.
Reverse description : E croiseté dans le champ.
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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