bmv_433742 - MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - BANASSAC (BANNACIACO) - Lozere Triens au nom de SIGEBERT III
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Price : 2 500.00 €
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Price : 2 500.00 €
Type : Triens au nom de SIGEBERT III
Date: c. 640-680
Mint name / Town : 48 - Banassac
Metal : gold
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 1,24 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Triens intéressant, avec un bel avers et une légende presque complète devant le visage mais en bord de flan derrière la nuque. Revers un peu plus mou sur un flan vraiment trop court
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SIGIBE[RTVS RIX].
Obverse description : Tête diadémée à droite, diadème et cou perlés, dans un grènetis intérieur ; légende circulaire commençant à six heures et grènetis extérieur.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GAVALETANO // BAN.
Reverse description : Calice à deux anses, sur une ligne d’exergue perlée ; légende autour.
Commentary
Selon les ouvrages, ce triens est attribué à Sigibert II ou à Sigibert III. Les triens au nom de Sigebert III (634-656) seraient datés de 640 à 680.
L’inventaire du Monetae recense 17 exemplaires, avec des légendes plus ou moins bien complètes ; l’analyse métallique de ces monnaies donne des titres allant de 18 à 70 % d’or.
L’exemplaire bmv_365578, du même type, a été vendu 3000€.
Depending on the works, this triens is attributed to Sigibert II or Sigibert III. The triens in the name of Sigibert III (634-656) would be dated from 640 to 680. The inventory of the Monetae lists 17 examples, with more or less complete legends; the metallic analysis of these coins gives fineness ranging from 18 to 70% gold. The example bmv_365578, of the same type, was sold for €3,000
L’inventaire du Monetae recense 17 exemplaires, avec des légendes plus ou moins bien complètes ; l’analyse métallique de ces monnaies donne des titres allant de 18 à 70 % d’or.
L’exemplaire bmv_365578, du même type, a été vendu 3000€.
Depending on the works, this triens is attributed to Sigibert II or Sigibert III. The triens in the name of Sigibert III (634-656) would be dated from 640 to 680. The inventory of the Monetae lists 17 examples, with more or less complete legends; the metallic analysis of these coins gives fineness ranging from 18 to 70% gold. The example bmv_365578, of the same type, was sold for €3,000
Historical background
MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - BANASSAC (BANNACIACO) - Lozere
(7th century)
During the first three centuries of our era Banassac, known as Banaciacum, was the second city of Gévaudan after Javols (Gabalum). It extends over the current location of the village, along the banks of the Urugne to the shoe of Malepeyre. Its prosperity is due to the manufacture of sigillated pottery. The pottery workshops were located on the banks of the Urugne. Their establishment is facilitated by the presence on site of good quality clay, the proximity of a river, firewood for the ovens and the vicinity of a communication axis linking Millau to Javols. Banassac was famous again in the Middle Ages thanks to its mints, which made it one of the most active centers in Gévaudan in the 6th and 7th centuries. It was the city where the greatest number of gold coins, sous and triens were minted; some minted with the effigies of Childebert II or Charibert II kings of Aquitaine and Austrasia. According to some, the tenth of the preserved Merovingian gold coins was made in Banassac. Banassac's recurring motif is a vase, perhaps a remnant of a pottery tradition....
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