bmv_424744 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Denier indéterminé, fruste
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Denier indéterminé, fruste
Date: VIIIe siècle
Mint name / Town : Indéterminé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Weight : 1,14 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Denier à peine identifiable avec une frappe très molle. Fine patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE INDÉTERMINÉE.
Obverse description : Tête diadèmée à gauche ; légende autour.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE INDÉTERMINÉE.
Reverse description : Croix avec un globule dans chaque canton ; grènetis.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire semble difficile à identifier, avec des reliefs très émoussés ; il pourrait se rapprocher de certains sceattas ou de deniers continentaux, comme par exemple ceux de Brioude (?).
This example seems difficult to identify, with very blunt reliefs; it could be similar to certain sceattas or continental deniers, such as those from Brioude (?)
This example seems difficult to identify, with very blunt reliefs; it could be similar to certain sceattas or continental deniers, such as those from Brioude (?)
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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