bmv_351846 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Triens imitation
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 500.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 500.00 €
Type : Triens imitation
Date: 600-675
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : gold
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,40 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Triens stylisé, avec des types assez nets. Droit complet mais revers un peu décentré
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection J. R. de Béziers
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE STYLISÉE ET INDÉTERMINÉE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé (?) à droite ; légende autour.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE STYLISÉE ET INDÉTERMINÉE.
Reverse description : Victoire de face, tenant une sorte de croix dans le champ à droite.
Commentary
Ce genre de triens est difficile à identifier, faute de légende intelligible. Les types à la victoire ont eu une très large diffusion.
This type of trien is difficult to identify, due to the lack of an intelligible legend. The victory types were very widely distributed.
This type of trien is difficult to identify, due to the lack of an intelligible legend. The victory types were very widely distributed.
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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