bmv_969122 - TOURS (TURONUS CIVITAS) Denier ERLOINVS
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Type : Denier ERLOINVS
Date: c. 740-750
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Saint-Maurice de Tours (37)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 1,05 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une jolie patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Philippe Schiesser publiée dans le RTSENA 7, n° 107, p. 132 d’après un dessin de Barthélemy (n° 544) et provenant du trésor de Savonnières, n° 29
Obverse
Obverse legend : [+ S]CE MA[VRICIO].
Obverse description : Buste à droite.
Obverse translation : (Saint-Maurice).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + ERLO[INVS].
Reverse description : Croix crossée.
Historical background
TOURS (TURONUS CIVITAS)
(7th century)
The Tours workshop is one of the important production sites of the Merovingian period, with a special place for the Saint-Martin abbey and the cathedral church of Saint-Maurice. Over a period of nearly two centuries, the authors have identified 99 coins (45 triens and 54 deniers) minted for the city, Saint-Martin and Saint-Maurice.
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