Live auction - bmv_888818 - FRANKISH KINGDOM - THEUDEBERT I Argenteus lourd - retiré/withdrawn

FRANKISH KINGDOM - THEUDEBERT I Argenteus lourd - retiré/withdrawn AU

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Estimate :	1 500 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	08 February 2024 14:00:00

Type : Argenteus lourd - retiré/withdrawn

Date: c. 537-546

Date: s.m.

Mint name / Town : Marseille (13)

Metal : silver

Diameter : 14 mm

Weight : 0,85 g.

Rarity : UNIQUE

Coments on the condition:

Cet argenteus est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et présente des faiblesses de frappe importantes. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B.- - P.- - Mon4.- - MEC.1/-

Predigree :

Monnaie provenant de la collection Philippe Schiesser

Obverse

Obverse legend : [...] / DEB[...] / ER[...].

Obverse description : en trois lignes.

Reverse

Reverse legend : [...]C[...].

Reverse description : Type indéterminé.

Commentary

Argenteus lourd publié par Philippe Schiesser dans Acta numismatica, p. 220 (revers illustré deux fois) et attribué à la période 537-546. L’attribution à Théodebert est proposée, mais indique qu’une attribution à Childebert n’est pas à exclure. Seule la découverte d’un argenteus mieux conservé devrait nous fournir une réponse.

Historical background

FRANKISH KINGDOM - THEUDEBERT I

(534-548)

Théodebert, born around 505, is the son of Thierry I (485-534) and Suavegotta, the daughter of Sigismond, king of Burgundians. He is also the grandson of Clovis, King of the Franks (481-511). He succeeded his father as King of Reims in 534. With his uncles Childebert I (511-558) and Clotaire I (511-561), he definitively submitted the Burgundian kingdom. In 539, he had Provence and part of Septimania ceded to him by Vitigès (536-540), king of the Ostrogoths. He died in 548 and his son, Theodebald (535-555) succeeded him. On his death, the kingdom of Reims was reunited with that of Clothaire I.