Live auction - bmv_1042751 - MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - BANASSAC (BANNACIACO) - Lozere Triens au vase et au rameau à trois branches
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| End of the sale : | 23 September 2025 16:08:52 |
Type : Triens au vase et au rameau à trois branches
Date: c. 620-640
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Banassac (48)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,09 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan légèrement irrégulier avec un coin de droit présentant une cassure sur le bas de la joue. Revers remarquablement bien venu à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbare diadémée, à droite ; diadème très saillant à la tranche perlée ; calotte et bouton occipital ; devant le profil, rameau renversé à trois baies.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GAVALETANO / BAH.
Reverse description : Calice à deux anses, entre deux globules, posé sur une ligne d’exergue perlée ; légende autour et à l’exergue.
Commentary
Ce type précis, avec le rameau à trois baies, correspond à la variété E du Belfort regroupant les monnaies B. 754-747. Toutes les monnaies de ce type ont un vase entre deux globules
Ce triens correspond au groupe 12-2E pour lequel seulement 6 exemplaires ont été étudiés (les quatre du Belfort, le n° 25 d’Avignon et un exemplaire passé en vente au Crédit e la Bourse en 1994). Le n° 423 de Cambridge a ce même avers, mais associé à la légende TELAFIVS MONETA.
This specific type, with the three-berry branch, corresponds to variety E of Belfort, grouping coins B. 754-747. All coins of this type have a vase between two globules. This triens corresponds to group 12-2E, for which only 6 examples have been studied (the four from Belfort, No. 25 from Avignon and a example sold at Crédit e la Bourse in 1994). No. 423 from Cambridge has this same obverse, but associated with the legend TELAFIVS MONETA
Ce triens correspond au groupe 12-2E pour lequel seulement 6 exemplaires ont été étudiés (les quatre du Belfort, le n° 25 d’Avignon et un exemplaire passé en vente au Crédit e la Bourse en 1994). Le n° 423 de Cambridge a ce même avers, mais associé à la légende TELAFIVS MONETA.
This specific type, with the three-berry branch, corresponds to variety E of Belfort, grouping coins B. 754-747. All coins of this type have a vase between two globules. This triens corresponds to group 12-2E, for which only 6 examples have been studied (the four from Belfort, No. 25 from Avignon and a example sold at Crédit e la Bourse in 1994). No. 423 from Cambridge has this same obverse, but associated with the legend TELAFIVS MONETA
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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