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bmv_467628 - MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - MARSEILLE (MASSILIA) Denier, patrice Nemfidius

MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - MARSEILLE (MASSILIA) Denier, patrice Nemfidius VF
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150.00 €(Approx. 183.00$ | 133.50£)
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Type : Denier, patrice Nemfidius
Date: (c.700-750)
Mint name / Town : Marseille
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9 mm
Weight : 0,93 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Denier identifiable, mais issu de coin très usé, et de frappe fruste. Fine patine grise
Catalogue references :
P.1563 var. - B.2649 var. - MEC.1/557 var. - Laf/L.214 var. - Cimiez.80 pl. IV

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste à droite, tête avec un diadème terminé par une croisette.

Reverse

Reverse legend : NEF EN PLEIN CHAMP.
Reverse description : une croisette au-dessus et grènetis autour.

Historical background

MARSEILLE (MASSILIA)

(Seventh - eighth century)

Childeric II abolished the coinage of gold in Gaul in favor of a mint of money. Workshop Marseille struck silver coins after the murder of Childeric II in 675 and probably until the beginning of the reign of Pepin the Short. The workshop was an important production whose only treasure of Nice-Cimiez has delivered a wide variety of types. Five patricians succeeded at the head of the city, Ansedertus, Nemfidius, Antenor, and Metranus Abbo. In 736 Provence was attached to the kingdom of France and Charles Martel ended the patricians. No copper production in Marseille seems attested. Without text, the dates of these patricians are not known.

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