v11_0603 - POITOU - METALUS VICUS - Melle ? (Deux-Sevres) Denier

POITOU - METALUS VICUS - Melle ? (Deux-Sevres) Denier AU

MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 419.23 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 503.08 €

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Melle ?

Metal : silver

Diameter : 12 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 0,66 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et court. Les reliefs sont nets sur les deux faces. Une légère patine grise recouvre cet exemplaire

Catalogue references :

P.803 et suiv. - B.3468 var. - MEC.1/- - Stahl/B.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : [...], (LÉGENDE CORROMPUE).

Obverse description : Tête à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse description : E croiseté dans le champ entouré de globules.

Historical background

POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres)

(late 7th - 8th centuries)

The Melle workshop, in the south-east of Deux-Sèvres, was important in the Carolingian period and seems to have been in operation from the Merovingian period. The silver-lead mines are still accessible and can be visited by a wide public.

POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Denier au monogramme MN AU/XF

700.00 €

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POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Obole au monogramme ANE VF

500.00 €

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POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Obole au monogramme ANE AU

450.00 €

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POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Obole VF/XF

990.00 €

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POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Obole au monogramme ANE XF

400.00 €

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POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Obole uniface à la tête de face AU

700.00 €

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v11_0603 - POITOU - METALUS VICUS - Melle ? (Deux-Sevres) Denier

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres)

(late 7th - 8th centuries)

The Melle workshop, in the south-east of Deux-Sèvres, was important in the Carolingian period and seems to have been in operation from the Merovingian period. The silver-lead mines are still accessible and can be visited by a wide public.

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