bmv_881512 - POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Denier au monogramme MN
600.00 €(Approx. 702.00$ | 516.00£)
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Type : Denier au monogramme MN
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Melle (79)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,77 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Patine grise. Surface granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Obverse
Obverse description : M avec un N à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Monogramme comportant un A, un E et un V (ou ANE).
Commentary
Ce denier est très rare, puisque ceux avec ANE ou AVE au revers portent généralement au droit un ME sous une croix et non les lettres MN. Ce type monétaire se rencontrant souvent en Poitou-Charentes, le ME sous la croisette fait naturellement penser à METVLLO (Melle) où étaient exploitées des mines de plomb argentifère.
This denier is very rare, since those with ANE or AVE on the reverse generally bear on the obverse an ME under a cross and not the letters MN. This type of coin is often found in Poitou-Charentes, the ME under the cross naturally brings to mind METVLLO (Melle) where silver-lead mines were exploited
This denier is very rare, since those with ANE or AVE on the reverse generally bear on the obverse an ME under a cross and not the letters MN. This type of coin is often found in Poitou-Charentes, the ME under the cross naturally brings to mind METVLLO (Melle) where silver-lead mines were exploited
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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