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Price : 1 300.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 768-781
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Melle
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan un peu irrégulier présentant un métal légèrement piqué. Agréables reliefs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CARO/LVS .
Obverse description : en deux lignes.
Obverse translation : (Charles).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MEDOLVS.
Reverse description : autour d'une croisette.
Reverse translation : (Melle).
Commentary
Ce rarissime denier est toutefois le plus commun du règne de Charlemagne. Cette relative rareté s’explique par l’atelier émetteur, Melle (Deux-Sèvres), placé sur une veine de plomb argentifère et haut lieu d’extraction durant la plus grande partie du Moyen-Âge. Les mines peuvent toujours se visiter.
This extremely rare denarius is, however, the most common from the reign of Charlemagne. This relative rarity is explained by the issuing workshop, Melle (Deux-Sèvres), located on a vein of silver-bearing lead and a major extraction site during most of the Middle Ages. The mines can still be visited
This extremely rare denarius is, however, the most common from the reign of Charlemagne. This relative rarity is explained by the issuing workshop, Melle (Deux-Sèvres), located on a vein of silver-bearing lead and a major extraction site during most of the Middle Ages. The mines can still be visited
Historical background
CHARLEMAGNE
(09/24/768-01/28/814)
Charles became king in 768 on the death of his father Pepin the Short and shared the kingdom with his brother Carloman (768-771) under the watchful eye of their mother Berthe au grand pied. Carloman died in 771. From 773, Charles attacked the Lombard kingdom and captured Pavia the following year by dethroning Didier. He is crowned king of the Lombards and confirms Constantine's donation to Rome. The first expedition to Spain in 778 ended in failure (Roncesvalles). In 781, he named Pépin king of Italy and Louis, king of Aquitaine. In 788, he annexed Bavaria after deposing the duke. He led a great crusade against the Saxons between 782 and 803. The latter converted to Christianity. On December 25, 800, he was crowned emperor in Rome by Leo III but it was not until 812 that his title was recognized by Michael I (811-813) of Byzantium. Charles, already old, wants to settle his inheritance between his three sons, but Pépin and Charles precede him in death. In 814, it was Louis who inherited the empire unified by Charlemagne.
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