bca_566144 - QUENTOVIC - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES THE BALD Denier

QUENTOVIC - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES THE BALD Denier VF

120.00 €(Approx. 144.00$ | 103.20£)

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Type : Denier

Date: c. 920-980

Mint name / Town : Quentovic

Metal : silver

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 1,36 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan plutôt large et légèrement irrégulier. Nombreuses faiblesses de frappe au droit et au revers. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

G.- - Prou.- - MG.- - N.- - Fécamp.6277-6323 DC/RF

Obverse

Obverse legend : + GRATIA R-I REX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).

Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (HAROLVS).

Obverse translation : (Charles, roi par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + CVVENTOVVIC.

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 2 d'un besant, au 3 d’un annelet pointé.

Reverse translation : (Quentovic).

Historical background

Quentovic - CURRENCY ASSETS ON BEHALF OF CHARLES THE BALD

(Tenth century)

Quentovic was a very important port on the Canche (Pas-de-Calais). A mint is attested from the Merovingian period, see the article by Jean Lafaurie on Vvic in Pontio: Merovingian coins Vvicus, RN.1996, p.181-239, pl.29-32, in particular pages 182 -191 on the situation of the port, according to the author, would have been near Montreuil in front of Etaples. The workshop Quentovic struck again in the tenth century immobilized on behalf of Charles the Bald currencies.

QUENTOVIC - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES THE BALD Denier VF

110.00 €

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