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Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Denier, patrice Nemfidius
Date: (c.700-750)
Mint name / Town : Marseille
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Denier avec un droit décentré mais bien identifiable. Fine patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
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.
Commentary
Revers comparable aux bmv_269389, bmv_263008 ou bmv_229352 qui ont tous la tête à gauche alors que cet exemplaire a la tête à droite.
Les trois lettres NEF sont pour le patrice Nimfidius ; ce monogramme est particulièrement net et correspond précisément au septième sur la colonne de droit de la planche V de Morel Fatio (n° 80, pl. IV).
Reverse comparable to bmv_269389, bmv_263008 or bmv_229352 which all have the head on the left while this example has the head on the right. The three letters NEF are for the patrician Nimfidius; this monogram is particularly clear and corresponds precisely to the seventh on the right column of plate V of Morel Fatio (no. 80, pl. IV)
Les trois lettres NEF sont pour le patrice Nimfidius ; ce monogramme est particulièrement net et correspond précisément au septième sur la colonne de droit de la planche V de Morel Fatio (n° 80, pl. IV).
Reverse comparable to bmv_269389, bmv_263008 or bmv_229352 which all have the head on the left while this example has the head on the right. The three letters NEF are for the patrician Nimfidius; this monogram is particularly clear and corresponds precisely to the seventh on the right column of plate V of Morel Fatio (no. 80, pl. IV)
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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