v11_0597 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Cuivre
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
Realised price : 152.45 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 289.65 €
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
Realised price : 152.45 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 289.65 €
Type : Cuivre
Date: n.d.
Metal : copper
Diameter : 9 mm
Weight : 0,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cette monnaie de cuivre est frappée sur un flan court et irrégulier. Les reliefs sont faibles et le revers est fortement décentré. Une légère patine verte recouvre les deux faces de cet exemplaire
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]S.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et diadémé à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...].
Reverse description : Croix dans un cercle de grènetis.
Commentary
En raison de la mauvaise qualité de frappe de cet exemplaire, il est impossible de donner une attribution précise. Son style laisse toutefois penser à une production du sud de la France ou de l’Italie.
Due to the poor quality of the strike of this example, it is impossible to give a precise attribution. However, its style suggests a production from the south of France or Italy.
Due to the poor quality of the strike of this example, it is impossible to give a precise attribution. However, its style suggests a production from the south of France or Italy.
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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