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v23_0905 - AURELIANORUM CIVITAS - ORLÉANS (Loiret) Denier

AURELIANORUM CIVITAS - ORLÉANS (Loiret) Denier AU
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 865.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 1 000.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: (VIIe - VIIIe siècles)
Mint name / Town : Orléans (?)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,95 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Denier complet et bien frappé, avec une pseudo-légende stylisée. Patine grise d’ancienne collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire aurait été acheté en décembre 1956

Obverse


Obverse legend : PSEUDO-LÉGENDE.
Obverse description : Tête radiée à droite ; légende dégénérée autour et grènetis.

Reverse


Reverse legend : PSEUDO-LÉGENDE.
Reverse description : Croix latine, dont les bras supérieurs sont ornés de deux globules ; légende dégénérée autour et grènetis.

Commentary


Ce type de croix est à rattacher à la "croix orléanaise". Les légendes, tant du droit que du revers sont complètement stylisées, remplacées par une suite de deux petits triangles opposés par leur sommet et joints aléatoirement par des petits traits. En l'absence de légende, il n'est possible de proposer une attribution pour cette monnaie qu'en se basant sur le style. Ce type de denier, avec une légende encore lisible et le même type de croix est classé à Orléans (cf. Belfort n° 505 à 520). Les monétaires figurant dans ce recensement sont AVDOOE, DOMVLFVS, DOGOMARVS, LONEGISELVS, LIEDEGIE et MAVRINVS. La légende du droit ou du revers doit être AVRELIANIS CIVITA, avec le nom de l'autre côté. Ce type de denier fut également frappé à Poitiers.
This type of cross is related to the \\\"Orléans cross\\\". The legends, both on the obverse and reverse, are completely stylized, replaced by a series of two small triangles opposite each other at their apex and joined randomly by small lines. In the absence of a legend, it is only possible to propose an attribution for this coin based on the style. This type of denarius, with a legend that is still legible and the same type of cross, is classified in Orléans (see Belfort nos. 505 to 520). The mints appearing in this census are AVDOOE, DOMVLFVS, DOGOMARVS, LONEGISELVS, LIEDEGIE and MAVRINVS. The legend on the obverse or reverse should be AVRELIANIS CIVITA, with the name on the other side. This type of denarius was also struck in Poitiers

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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