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Live auction - bfe_715063 - POITOU - COUNTY OF POITOU - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES II THE BALD Denier OCOARVS

POITOU - COUNTY OF POITOU - COINAGE IMMOBILIZED IN THE NAME OF CHARLES II THE BALD Denier OCOARVS XF
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Estimate : 600 €
Price : 310 €
Maximum bid : 310 €
End of the sale : 08 March 2022 17:31:56
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Denier OCOARVS
Date: c. 1050-1150
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Melle (au type de)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,28 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan très large et irrégulier. Frappe vigoureuse si bien que des reliefs se retrouvent en négatif sur la face opposée. Jolis reliefs. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : + OCOARVS RE.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + MET/ALO +.
Reverse description : En deux lignes dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (Melle).

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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