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Live auction - bmv_640064 - MEROVINGIAN COINS - TOURAINE - Unspecified MINT Obole bractéate au pentalpha

MEROVINGIAN COINS - TOURAINE - Unspecified MINT Obole bractéate au pentalpha AU
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Estimate : 500 €
Price : 300 €
Maximum bid : 300 €
End of the sale : 09 March 2021 16:17:41
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Obole bractéate au pentalpha
Date: fin du VIIIe siècle
Date: fin du VIIIe siècle
Mint name / Town : Touraine (?)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Weight : 0,47 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan irrégulier et est légèrement décentré. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Pentalpha centré et cantonné de globules, dans un grènetis.

Reverse


Reverse description : Lisse et bractéate.

Commentary


Cette obole bractéate appartient au groupe de Touraine ; les deux exemplaires au pentalpha recensés proviennent de la collection de P. Schiesser. Ils pèsent 0,57 et 0,38 gramme. Avec ce troisième exemplaire, le poids moyen s’établit à 0,45 gramme.

Historical background


MEROVINGIAN COINS - TOURAINE - Unspecified MINT

(7th century)

Many Merovingian coins, badly minted, with very poor or not very explicit epigraphy, cannot be attributed to a particular mint..

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