v25_0839 - QUENTOVIC - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES THE BALD Denier

QUENTOVIC - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES THE BALD Denier VF

MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 210.00 €
Realised price : 110.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 920-980

Mint name / Town : Quentovic

Metal : silver

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,17 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Trace d’un léger choc à 11 heures au revers. La croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit

Catalogue references :

G.- - Prou.- - MG.- - N.- - Fécamp.6522

Obverse

Obverse legend : + GRATPA D-I PEX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).

Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (HAROLVS).

Obverse translation : (Charles, roi par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + CVV[E]NTOVVICI, (O POINTÉ).

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 2 d'un besant, au 3 d’un annelet.

Reverse translation : (Quentovic).

Historical background

QUENTOVIC - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES THE BALD

(10th century)

Quentovic was a very important port on the Canche (Pas-de-Calais). A coinage is attested there from the Merovingian period, see the article by Jean Lafaurie on Vvic in pontio: the Merovingian coins of Vvicus, RN.1996, p.181-239, pl.29-32, in particular pages 182 -191 on the situation of the port which, according to the author, would have been not far from Montreuil in front of Étaples. Quentovic's workshop still struck in the 10th century coins immobilized in the name of Charles the Bald.

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