bmv_276738 - MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - MARSEILLE (MASSILIA) Triens fragmentaire au C devant le portrait
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Price : 240.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 240.00 €
Type : Triens fragmentaire au C devant le portrait
Date: c. 650-700
Mint name / Town : Marseille
Metal : gold
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,49 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Fragment de triens, avec seulement le bout du visage visible et une partie de la croix du revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE HORS FLAN.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à droite, un C devant le nez.
Reverse
Reverse description : Croix posée sur un globule et accostée des lettres M et A, dans un grènetis intérieur ; légende autour.
Commentary
Le revers avec la lettre A à droite de ce type de croix semble permettre de proposer une attribution à Marseille et restituer le M à gauche de la croix. Au droit, le C devant le visage est intéressant ; le triens B. 2515 au nom de SIGIBERTVS a aussi cette même caractéristique (ainsi que le solidus B. 2522).
The reverse with the letter A on the right of this type of cross seems to allow us to propose an attribution to Marseille and restore the M to the left of the cross. On the obverse, the C in front of the face is interesting; the triens B. 2515 in the name of SIGIBERTVS also has this same characteristic (as does the solidus B. 2522)
The reverse with the letter A on the right of this type of cross seems to allow us to propose an attribution to Marseille and restore the M to the left of the cross. On the obverse, the C in front of the face is interesting; the triens B. 2515 in the name of SIGIBERTVS also has this same characteristic (as does the solidus B. 2522)
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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