bmv_1047983 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: (début VIIIe siècle)
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,19 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise. Surface granuleuse au droit
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Obverse
Obverse legend : V[...]V.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : F[...]F.
Reverse description : A croiseté accosté de deux groupes de quatre globules posés en croix.
Commentary
En raison de la présence d’un grand A croiseté dans le champ du revers, Philippe Schiesser propose une attribution à l’Aquitaine.
Due to the presence of a large crossed A in the reverse field, Philippe Schiesser suggests an attribution to Aquitaine
Due to the presence of a large crossed A in the reverse field, Philippe Schiesser suggests an attribution to Aquitaine
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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