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bmv_292070 - AURELIANORUM CIVITAS - ORLÉANS (Loiret) Denier, MARTINVS monétaire

AURELIANORUM CIVITAS - ORLÉANS (Loiret) Denier, MARTINVS monétaire AU
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Price : 600.00 €
Type : Denier, MARTINVS monétaire
Date: c. 700-725
Mint name / Town : Orléans (45)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,04 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Petit denier frappé, comme d'habitude, sur un flan trop court. Tête complète au droit et croix entière au revers, mais une bonne moitié des légendes hors flan au droit comme au revers. Patine sombre et brillante, assez homogène
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
C’est le n° 609 de MONNAIES 55

Obverse


Obverse legend : [O MARTINVS MONETA].
Obverse description : Tête radiée à droite ; légende autour.

Reverse


Reverse legend : + AVRILIANIS CIV.
Reverse description : Croix latine dont les bras sont accostés de petites perles ; une croisette initiale à la base de la croix ; grènetis.

Commentary


Ces petits deniers à la tête radiée sont connus pour Orléans et pour Poitiers. Sur cet exemplaire, le monétaire MARTINVS peut être restitué au droit et la fin de l'atelier AVRELIANIS CIVI est lisible sans ambiguïté, bien que partiellement hors flan.
Ces deniers ont rarement les légendes complètes mais le style confirme souvent leur attribution !.

Historical background


AURELIANORUM CIVITAS - ORLÉANS (Loiret)

(7th-8th century)

Cenabum was founded during antiquity. It was a Gallic stronghold, one of the main towns of the Carnutes tribe. Major trading port for the corporation of the nautes of the Loire, it was conquered and destroyed by Caesar in 52 BC. J. -VS. , then rebuilt in Roman style. The city has always been a strategic crossing point of the Loire because it is located on the northernmost point of the river, therefore closest to Paris.. The city experienced such an economic boom that the Roman Emperor Aurelian refounded it as the capital of a new city detached from the Carnutes. It was named city of Aurélien then simply Orléans by simplification and phonetic evolution. Accompanied by the Vandals, the Alans cross the Loire in 408. One of their groups, led by Goar agrees to join the Roman armed forces. Aetius installs it on the Loire and in Orléans. A hundred localities in Orléans remember the settlement of this people: Allaines, Allainville, etc.. In the Middle Ages Orléans is one of the three richest cities in France with Rouen and Paris, again thanks to its proximity to Paris and its place of passage on the Loire. During the Merovingian period Orléans was the capital of the kingdom of Orléans following the division of the kingdom of Clovis I into four. The Orléans workshop was quite prolific during the Merovingian period. Its production is characterized by a wide variety of types, both for gold and silver. Source: Wikipedia. org.

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