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bfe_320743 - POITOU - COUNTY OF POITOU - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES II THE BALD Obole

POITOU - COUNTY OF POITOU - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES II THE BALD Obole AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 1112-1120
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Melle
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,75 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan large et régulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Bd.414 var.  - PA.2486 var. (54/6 var.) - C.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : + C.A.RLVS REX.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi).

Reverse

Reverse legend : MET/ALO.
Reverse description : En deux lignes dans le champ, au-dessous une croix.
Reverse translation : (Melle).

Commentary

Cette monnaie correspond à la série “cum granis”, c’est-à-dire avec points (de part et d’autre du A de CARLVS) mentionnée dans la Chronique de Saint-Maixent à partir de 1112. De telles oboles étaient présentent dans le dépôt monétaire de l’église de Saint-Hilaire de Melle (Deux-Sèvres).

Historical background

POITOU - COUNTY OF POITOU - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES II THE BALD

(10th-12th centuries)

In the 10th century, the Melle workshop belonged to the Counts of Poitiers. This workshop, located near a lead silver mine (still visited), is one of the few mentioned in the edict of Pistre. From 877, the Melle mint continued to mint denarii and obols in the name of the late King Charles II, known as "the Bald". Melle was an active workshop until the middle of the 12th century, a period around which all activity ceased, certainly due to a shortage of wood essential for the extraction of the ore and the smelting operations..

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