Live auction - bmv_578157 - LIEUSAINT (LOCUS SANCTUS) - Seine-et-Marne Triens à la tête chevelue, DACOALDVS monétaire

LIEUSAINT (LOCUS SANCTUS) - Seine-et-Marne Triens à la tête chevelue, DACOALDVS monétaire AU

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Estimate :	3 500 €
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Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	16 June 2020 16:00:47

Type : Triens à la tête chevelue, DACOALDVS monétaire

Date: c. 600-675

Mint name / Town : Lieusaint (77)

Metal : gold

Diameter : 13 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 1,26 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce triens est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe. Reliefs nets

Catalogue references :

B.2202 - P.856 - MEC.1/- - Mon2.21-1A p. 140

Obverse

Obverse legend : LOCO SANTCO.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé à droite, la chevelure particulièrement marquée avec trois mèches revenant sur la nuque et un collier de perles au cou ; légende autour.

Obverse translation : (Lieusaint).

Reverse

Reverse legend : DAJOVALDVS +.

Reverse description : Croix latine dans un grènetis intérieur ; légende autour avec un globule perlé à six heures.

Reverse translation : (Dacoaldus).

Commentary

Le numéraire mérovingien regroupe au total 28 exemplaires pour le type 21-1A du monétaire DOCOALDVS (avec de nombreuses variantes d’épigraphie et de typologie, cf. B. 2202-2216)
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Historical background

LIEUSAINT (LOCUS SANCTUS) - Seine-et-Marne

(7th century)

The origin of Lieusaint dates back to Druidic ceremonies and water cults. The Romans baptized the place Locus Sanctus, that is to say "holy place". In the Middle Ages, Lieusaint became a land of royal hunts. The attribution of Merovingian coins to this city, proposed by Ponton d'Amécourt, is based on the epigraphy LOCOSANCTO. Reported as early as the 17th century, the triens are well known and Belfort lists eighteen of them. All these coins are signed by the monetary DACOALDVS, except the last three signed respectively ASCARICVS, ERPO and SVEIOASION (?).