Live auction - bmv_951382 - POITIERS - PECTAVIS - CIVITAS PECTAVORUM Denier à la tête radiée
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | no bid |
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| End of the sale : | 10 December 2024 15:35:40 |
Type : Denier à la tête radiée
Date: (VIIe-VIIIe siècles)
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Poitiers (86)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Denier frappé sur un flan irrégulier et légèrement décentré. Légère patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [PI]CTAV[IS C], (LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE COMMENÇANT À 3 HEURES).
Obverse description : Tête radiée à gauche le nez et l’œil semblant formé par une crosse.
Obverse translation : (Cité de Poitiers).
Reverse
Reverse description : E ou M croiseté cantonné de deux groupes de trois besants.
Commentary
Denier particulièrement rare avec un E ou un M croiseté au revers se retrouvant sur certains monnayage de Melle. Ici, il pourrait s’agit d’un E croiseté pour Episcopus. Cette monnaie semble être issue du même coin de droit que certains deniers portant le monogramme AE au revers : abréviation pour Ansoaldus Episcopus désignant l’évêque de Poitiers Ansoald (676-696) ?.
Particularly rare denarius with a crossed E or M on the reverse found on some coins from Melle. Here, it could be a crossed E for Episcopus. This coin seems to come from the same obverse die as some denarii bearing the monogram AE on the reverse: abbreviation for Ansoaldus Episcopus designating the bishop of Poitiers Ansoald (676-696)?
Particularly rare denarius with a crossed E or M on the reverse found on some coins from Melle. Here, it could be a crossed E for Episcopus. This coin seems to come from the same obverse die as some denarii bearing the monogram AE on the reverse: abbreviation for Ansoaldus Episcopus designating the bishop of Poitiers Ansoald (676-696)?
Historical background
POITIERS - PECTAVIS - CIVITAS PECTAVORUM
(late 7th - early 8th century)
Many denarii from Poitiers have a radiated head, as in Orleans. These denarii were struck at the end of the 7th and the beginning of the 8th century, since they are found in the treasury of Plassac (Gironde) hidden around 710-730. The Merovingian coinage of the Poitevine region is quite diversified, with triens and a wide variety of denarii. The proximity of the silver mines of Melle is certainly no coincidence.
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