bmv_228024 - MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - BANASSAC (BANNACIACO) - Lozere Triens de bas titre, à la croix, cassé
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Price : 450.00 €
Type : Triens de bas titre, à la croix, cassé
Date: VIIe siècle
Mint name / Town : Banassac (48)
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,01 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Joli triens, bien que sur un flan un peu court et ébréché, de mauvais aloi. Les types de droit et de revers sont bien identifiables, mais avec une partie des légendes hors flan au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbare diadémée, à droite ; diadème perlé ; une croisette devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [BA]NNA CIA (...).
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur deux degrés : légende autour, dans une couronne végétale.
Commentary
La calice à deux anses surmonté d’une croix est le type traditionnel de Banassac et aussi le seul !
Cet exemplaire, avec une tête typique de Banassac, mais une croix posée sur deux degrés est assez surprenant, surtout avec la légende [BA]NNA CIA (...).
En or pâle, il s’agit vraisemblablement d’un triens tardif, mais sans équivalent parmi les monnaies publiées et connues de Banassac (?).
The two-handled chalice surmounted by a cross is the traditional type of Banassac and also the only one! This example, with a typical Banassac head, but a cross placed on two steps is quite surprising, especially with the legend [BA]NNA CIA (...). In pale gold, it is probably a late triens, but without equivalent among the published and known coins of Banassac (?)
Cet exemplaire, avec une tête typique de Banassac, mais une croix posée sur deux degrés est assez surprenant, surtout avec la légende [BA]NNA CIA (...).
En or pâle, il s’agit vraisemblablement d’un triens tardif, mais sans équivalent parmi les monnaies publiées et connues de Banassac (?).
The two-handled chalice surmounted by a cross is the traditional type of Banassac and also the only one! This example, with a typical Banassac head, but a cross placed on two steps is quite surprising, especially with the legend [BA]NNA CIA (...). In pale gold, it is probably a late triens, but without equivalent among the published and known coins of Banassac (?)
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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