bmv_424097 - LEMOVECAS - LIMOGES (Haute-Vienne) Denier indéterminé
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Price : 400.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 400.00 €
Type : Denier indéterminé
Date: VIIIe siècle
Mint name / Town : Limoges
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 0,87 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire homogène avec des types bien centrés et bien frappés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE INDÉTERMINÉE.
Obverse description : ER rétrogrades en plein champ avec des globules .
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE INDÉTERMINÉE.
Reverse description : Croix ancrée dans un cordon perlé ; un globule dans chaque canton.
Commentary
Les lettres ER signifieraient Ecclesiae Racio. Ces deniers étaient classés de façon douteuse à Paris. D’Amécourt signale que ces monnaies ont été trouvées dans les dragages de la Loire. Cette série est désormais attribué à l’église de Limoges et à Neuvic-d’Ussel (B. 6340). Ces monnaies sont rares et leur classement reste limité (cf. Moneta p. 134).
Bien que les lettres ER du droit soient rétrogrades, il semble logique de rapprocher ce denier des autres avec les lettre ER à droite (cf.MONNAIES 55, n° 612, bmv_290401, bmv_329454 et bmv_424056). Il est d’ailleurs intéressant que si ces 5 deniers ont un avers très proche, tous les revers sont différents..
The letters ER would mean Ecclesiae Racio. These deniers were classified in a dubious manner in Paris. D'Amécourt reports that these coins were found in the dredging of the Loire. This series is now attributed to the church of Limoges and to Neuvic-d'Ussel (B. 6340). These coins are rare and their classification remains limited (cf. Moneta p. 134). Although the letters ER on the obverse are retrograde, it seems logical to bring this denier closer to the others with the letters ER on the right (cf. MONNAIES 55, no. 612, bmv_290401, bmv_329454 and bmv_424056). It is also interesting that if these 5 deniers have a very similar obverse, all the reverses are different.
Bien que les lettres ER du droit soient rétrogrades, il semble logique de rapprocher ce denier des autres avec les lettre ER à droite (cf.MONNAIES 55, n° 612, bmv_290401, bmv_329454 et bmv_424056). Il est d’ailleurs intéressant que si ces 5 deniers ont un avers très proche, tous les revers sont différents..
The letters ER would mean Ecclesiae Racio. These deniers were classified in a dubious manner in Paris. D'Amécourt reports that these coins were found in the dredging of the Loire. This series is now attributed to the church of Limoges and to Neuvic-d'Ussel (B. 6340). These coins are rare and their classification remains limited (cf. Moneta p. 134). Although the letters ER on the obverse are retrograde, it seems logical to bring this denier closer to the others with the letters ER on the right (cf. MONNAIES 55, no. 612, bmv_290401, bmv_329454 and bmv_424056). It is also interesting that if these 5 deniers have a very similar obverse, all the reverses are different.
Historical background
LEMOVECAS - LIMOGES (Haute-Vienne)
(7th-8th centuries)
Capital of the Lémovices, the city is at the crossroads of the "via Agrippa" linking Lugdunum (Lyon) to Mediolanum Santonum (Saintes) and the "via Avaricum Tolosa" linking Toulouse to Bourges. From the 3rd century to the end of the 4th century, Augustoritum was gradually abandoned following the troubles and insecurity caused by the Germanic invasions. At the beginning of the 6th century, Augustoritum became Limoges and a second urban center (the future castellum Sanctis-Martialis) emerged around a nearby necropolis, to the northwest, which preserved the tomb of Martial, the first bishop. The Franks take the city. They reinvest it in a brutal way, at the beginning of the 8th century, once the Muslim invasion stopped in Poitiers by Charles Martel. The appointment of the goldsmith Eligius (future Saint Éloi), a local notable, as a close collaborator of the Merovingian king Dagobert, softened the Frankish domination. Source: Wikipedia.org.
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