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Live auction - bmv_460577 - MEROVINGIAN COINS - TOURAINE - Unspecified MINT Obole bractéate au pentalpha, fragmentaire

MEROVINGIAN COINS - TOURAINE - Unspecified MINT Obole bractéate au pentalpha, fragmentaire XF/VF
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Estimate : 400 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 30 January 2018 15:18:40
Type : Obole bractéate au pentalpha, fragmentaire
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : 37 - Touraine, Chinon (?)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Weight : 0,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie intéressante, sur un flan irrégulier et ébréché, mais avec des types bien identifiables. Épaisse patine sombre et hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cette monnaie a été étudiée par P. Schiesser, elle figure dans son ouvrage sous la référence PS2013_08 page 170.

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Pentalpha avec un globule au centre, cantonné de globules.

Reverse


Reverse description : Lisse et bractéacte.

Commentary


Ce type d’oboles bractéates au pentalpha est de mieux en mieux connu. Pas moins de onze exemplaires sont publiés par P. Schieser dans son ouvrage (n° 225-233 ter, p. 169-171)..

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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