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Price : 300.00 €
Type : Denier, patrice ANSEBERT
Date: c. 700-750
Mint name / Town : Marseille (13)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,04 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large, courte et irrégulier recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche ; devant une croix.
Reverse
Reverse legend : + AN[SEDE].
Reverse description : S rétrograde dans le champ, entourée de la légende.
Commentary
La plupart de ces monnaies nous sont connues grâce à l'inventaire de Morel-Fatio du Trésor de Nice-Cimiez et à la publication de Chabouillet en 1890. Le trésor qui fut découvert en 1851 contenait 2.294 deniers d'argent dont 1.500 pièces de Marseille d'après Grierson. Le trésor aurait été enfoui entre 730 et 740.
Most of these coins are known to us thanks to Morel-Fatio's inventory of the Nice-Cimiez Treasure and Chabouillet's publication in 1890. The treasure, which was discovered in 1851, contained 2,294 silver deniers, including 1,500 Marseille coins, according to Grierson. The treasure is believed to have been buried between 730 and 740.
Most of these coins are known to us thanks to Morel-Fatio's inventory of the Nice-Cimiez Treasure and Chabouillet's publication in 1890. The treasure, which was discovered in 1851, contained 2,294 silver deniers, including 1,500 Marseille coins, according to Grierson. The treasure is believed to have been buried between 730 and 740.
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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