bmv_238761 - MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - MARSEILLE (MASSILIA) Denier, patrice Nemfidius
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 200.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 200.00 €
Type : Denier, patrice Nemfidius
Date: c. 700-710
Mint name / Town : Marseille (13)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Weight : 0,97 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Denier sur un flan très ovale et irrégulier. Droit très mou, frappé avec un coin usé. revers homogène, malgré une frappe un peu tréflée. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche, une croisette devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse description : Croix dans un listel intérieur ; légende dégénérée autour.
Commentary
Les deniers avec ce type de revers sont avec deux types de droit ; avec la tête à gauche ou à droite. Il est difficile de trancher sur l’orientation du droit de notre denier.
Coins with this type of reverse have two types of obverse; with the head on the left or on the right. It is difficult to decide on the orientation of the obverse of our coin.
Coins with this type of reverse have two types of obverse; with the head on the left or on the right. It is difficult to decide on the orientation of the obverse of our coin.
Historical background
MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - MARSEILLE (MASSILIA)
(7th - 8th century)
Childeric II abolishes the minting of gold in Gaul in favor of silver coinage. The Marseilles mint struck silver coins after the assassination of Childeric II in 675 and probably until the beginning of the reign of Pepin the Short. The workshop had an important production of which the only treasure of Nice-Cimiez delivered a great variety of types. Five patricians succeeded one another at the head of the city, Ansedertus, Nemfidius, Antenor, Metranus and Abbo. In 736, Provence was attached to the kingdom of France and Charles Martel put an end to the patriciate. No copper production in Marseilles seems attested. For lack of text, the dates of these patrices are not known.
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