350.00 €(Approx. 402.50$ | 301.00£)
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 700-725
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 0,99 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan court, assez épais et recouvert d’une patine grise hétérogène
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]NE[..].
Obverse description : Tête diadémée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LESIO[...].
Reverse description : Croix sur trois degrés.
Commentary
Ce denier est assez proche de certains deniers d’Orléans, toutefois le nom de la ville n’étant pas lisible, nous préférons le mettre en atelier indéterminé, probablement situé dans la région d’Orléans.
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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