Live auction - bmv_1117106 - POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Denier à l’E croiseté et aux pseudo-légendes
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Live starting : Type : Denier à l’E croiseté et aux pseudo-légendes
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Melle ?
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,10 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier recouvert d’une patine grise, présentant un éclatement à 1 heure au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + [...]NA.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...].
Reverse description : Lettre E ou M croisetée dans le champ accostée de points.
Commentary
Traditionnellement, ces deniers avec l’E croiseté au revers sont attribués à Paris, mais sans arguments convaincants. Les analyses métalliques tendraient à prouver que ces monnaies ont été frappées avec de l’argent de Melle... et qu’elles proviendrait plutôt d’un atelier local.
Traditionally, these deniers with the crossed E on the reverse are attributed to Paris, but without convincing arguments. Metallic analyses tend to prove that these coins were struck with silver from Melle... and that they would rather come from a local workshop.
Traditionally, these deniers with the crossed E on the reverse are attributed to Paris, but without convincing arguments. Metallic analyses tend to prove that these coins were struck with silver from Melle... and that they would rather come from a local workshop.
Historical background
POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres)
(late 7th - 8th centuries)
The Melle workshop, in the south-east of Deux-Sèvres, was important in the Carolingian period and seems to have been in operation from the Merovingian period. The silver-lead mines are still accessible and can be visited by a wide public.
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