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bmv_294184 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Chaton de bague (?) au griffon

UNSPECIFIED MINT Chaton de bague (?) au griffon XF
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Chaton de bague (?) au griffon
Date: VIIIe siècle
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Weight : 1,51 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Objet en argent, avec une belle gravure mais un des deux côtés très confus... probablement un chaton de bague (?). Agréable patine finement irisée
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Commentary


Ce genre d’objet, en argent et approximativement du poids d’un denier (lourd) a très bien pu être utiliser comme moyen de paiement et circuler avec des deniers mérovingiens....

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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