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Type : Triens fourré
Date: c. 660-670
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : gilt copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,02 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie fourrée avec une âme cuivreuse dont une partie de métal a disparu
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Obverse
Obverse legend : TEODA - ON.
Obverse description : Buste habillé à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...]DVS MO.
Reverse description : Croix sur un degré reposant sur un globule.
Commentary
Il est difficile d’attribuer ce triens à une ville en particulier, s’agissant d’une fausse monnaie d’époque, dont le graveur a pu modifier les légendes et copier un exemplaire avec une légende déjà dégénérée. Le droit pourrait avec pour modèle une monnaie au nom d’un monétaire Teodolfus.
It is difficult to attribute this triens to a particular city, as it is a counterfeit coin of the period, whose engraver could have modified the legends and copied a example with an already degenerate legend. The law could have used as a model a coin in the name of a mint Teodolfus
It is difficult to attribute this triens to a particular city, as it is a counterfeit coin of the period, whose engraver could have modified the legends and copied a example with an already degenerate legend. The law could have used as a model a coin in the name of a mint Teodolfus
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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