Live auction - bmv_1043927 - MEROVINGIAN COINS - FRANKISH KINGDOM - CHILDEBERT I Argenteus léger au Chrisme
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| Estimate : | 3 000 € |
| Price : | 4 210 € |
| Maximum bid : | 4 210 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 September 2025 16:13:09 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Argenteus léger au Chrisme
Date: c. 511-558
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Marseille (?)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,1 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette monnaie est frappée sur un flan irrégulier avec un infime manque de métal à 2 heures au revers. Reliefs assez nets pour cette monnaie de très faible diamètre. Légère patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : CHILDEBERTV.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Childebert).
Reverse
Reverse description : Monogramme composé notamment des lettres BNED entre les lettres C et S.
Commentary
Monnaie semblant inédite avec le nom de Childebert bien lisible. Des argentei légers sont attribués à Childebert Ier (537-548) et seulement quatre exemplaires ont été étudiés (Depeyrot). Celui-ci, avec un monogramme au revers et non pas un chrisme, semble inédit.
Coin appears to be unpublished with the name Childebert clearly legible. Light argentei are attributed to Childebert I (537-548) and only four examples have been studied (Depeyrot). This one, with a monogram on the reverse and not a chrism, appears to be unpublished
Coin appears to be unpublished with the name Childebert clearly legible. Light argentei are attributed to Childebert I (537-548) and only four examples have been studied (Depeyrot). This one, with a monogram on the reverse and not a chrism, appears to be unpublished
Historical background
MEROVINGIAN COINS - FRANKISH KINGDOM - CHILDEBERT I
(511-558)
Childebert is the son of Clovis and Clothilde. In 511, on the death of his father, the kingdom was divided between him and his three brothers, Thierry, Clodomir and Clothaire. Childebert inherited the lands located between the Seine and the Loire (Paris, Chartres, Le Mans). In 526, on the death of Clodomir, Childebert and Clotaire slaughtered their nephews to seize his inheritance. In 534, Clothaire and Childebert united and defeated the Burgundians near Autun. In 558 Childebert died childless and his estates were recovered by Clothaire.
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