v08_1092 - POITOU - COUNTY OF POITOU - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES II THE BALD Obole
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 83.85 €
Estimate : 129.58 €
Realised price : 83.85 €
Starting price : 83.85 €
Estimate : 129.58 €
Realised price : 83.85 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 1100-1150
Mint name / Town : Melle
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 0,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et régulier dont l'essentiel du grènetis extérieur est visible. Petite faiblesse de frappe à 7 heures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CA.RLVS REX I.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MET/ALO.
Reverse description : En deux lignes dans le champ, au-dessous une croisette.
Reverse translation : (Melle).
Commentary
Cette monnaie d'un poids assez faible et d'un style graphique particulier date certainement de la période 1100-1150 ; ceci est confirmé par la présence d'un I final qui apparaît tardivement dans le monnayage mellois. La chronologie des monnaies de Melle reste toutefois à faire.
This coin, of a fairly low weight and a particular graphic style, certainly dates from the period 1100-1150; this is confirmed by the presence of a final I which appears late in the coinage of Melle. The chronology of the coins of Melle remains to be established, however.
This coin, of a fairly low weight and a particular graphic style, certainly dates from the period 1100-1150; this is confirmed by the presence of a final I which appears late in the coinage of Melle. The chronology of the coins of Melle remains to be established, however.
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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