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Type : Denier
Date: VIIIe siècle
Mint name / Town : Poitou
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,02 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur flan irrégulier. Reliefs particulièrement nets au revers et faible au droit. Le droit porte des rayures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [L]EODEGISELO.
Obverse description : Tête barbue de face.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ME[ALTEODE]RICO.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre besants.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire a été illustré dans les Cahiers Numismatiques n° 222 de décembre 2019, n° 3, p. 18. Philippe Schiesser et Bernard Séguin se sont lancer dans une étude consacrée à ces deniers avec tête de face et les attribuent au Poitou.
This example was illustrated in Cahiers Numismatiques n° 222 of December 2019, n° 3, p. 18. Philippe Schiesser and Bernard Séguin have embarked on a study devoted to these deniers with facing heads and attribute them to Poitou
This example was illustrated in Cahiers Numismatiques n° 222 of December 2019, n° 3, p. 18. Philippe Schiesser and Bernard Séguin have embarked on a study devoted to these deniers with facing heads and attribute them to Poitou
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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