E-auction 626-617356 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Triens fourré
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Type : Triens fourré
Date: c. 660-670
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : gilt copper
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,87 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie fourrée avec une âme cuivreuse frappée sur un flan irrégulier. Une partie de la dorure à disparu
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]CVA[...].
Obverse description : Buste habillé à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...]OCA[...].
Reverse description : Croix ancrée à double traverse.
Commentary
Il est difficile d’attribuer ce triens à une ville en particulier, s’agissant d’une fausse monnaie d’époque, dont le graveur a pu modifier les légendes et copier un exemplaire avec une légende déjà dégénérée. Le droit pourrait avec pour modèle une monnaie au nom d’un monétaire Teodolfus.
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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