E-auction 2-72 - bmv_269370 - MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - ARLES (ARELATVM) or MARSEILLE (MASSILIA) Denier, patrice Antenor ANT / SM

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	165 €
Maximum bid :	245 €
End of the sale :	21 March 2013 14:35:30
bidders :	9 bidders

Type : Denier, patrice Antenor ANT / SM

Date: c. 700-726

Mint name / Town : Arles ou Marseille

Metal : silver

Diameter : 11,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 0,91 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Flan court et quadrangulaire, avec les types incomplets mais bien identifiables. Fine patine grise, légèrement tachée par endroits

Catalogue references :

B.cf. 6263 var. - Cimiez.119-121 var. - MEC.1/-

Obverse

Obverse description : Monogramme ANT dans un grènetis.

Reverse

Reverse description : Monogramme NEF ; dans un grènetis.

Commentary

Si l’avers avec ANT correspond au denier B. 6263, le revers n’a rien à voir et rappelle plutôt les monnaies de Marseille pour Nemfidius ! Les n° 119-121 de Nice-Cimiez ont également le monogramme ANT, mais associé à AR, ARD et SM. D’autre part, aucun denier de Nemfidius ne présenterait ANT au droit.
S’agit-il d’un hybride ?.

Historical background

MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - ARLES (ARELATVM) or 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.