v25_0842 - QUENTOVIC - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES THE BALD Denier
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 90.00 €
Estimate : 160.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 90.00 €
Estimate : 160.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: c. 920-950
Mint name / Town : Quentovic
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 1,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan irrégulier, recouvert d’une patine grise et présentant des reliefs plus nets au revers qu’au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + GRATIA D-I RE[X].
Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (HAROLVS).
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [+] QVVENTOVVIC[I].
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 2 et 3 d'un besant.
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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