Live auction - bmv_698716 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Triens
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| Estimate : | 2 800 € |
| Price : | 1 800 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 800 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 December 2021 16:07:44 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Triens
Date: (VIIe siècle)
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : gold
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,14 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce triens est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs et ayant conservé l’essentiel de son brillant de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + HILCIERNVS.
Obverse description : Buste stylisé à droite, un diadème perlé dans les cheveux .
Reverse
Reverse legend : MASICIA CO.
Reverse description : Croix à pied sur laquelle deux croix à pied repose sur les bras.
Commentary
Ce triens avec ces légendes, bien que recensé dans certains ouvrages, est resté sans attribution à un atelier précis.
Historical background
UNSPECIFIED MINT
(6th - 8th centuries)
Many Merovingian coins, badly minted, with very poor or inexplicit epigraphy, cannot be attributed to a particular mint. Too rare coins unfortunately have the same problem. The attributions being based on often old works, a coin unknown at the time will often have difficulty in being attributed, unless it is possible to read the mint or find the name of the mint and compare with its production in the workshops where he minted coins....
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