Live auction - bmv_856625 - POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Obole au monogramme ANE
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| Estimate : | 650 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 16:05:41 |
Type : Obole au monogramme ANE
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Melle (79)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Weight : 0,54 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Patine grise et coup à 5 heures. Léger décentrage
Predigree :
Monnaie de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Obverse
Obverse description : Monogramme comportant un A, un E et un V (ou ANE).
Reverse
Reverse description : Lisse (reste de ME).
Commentary
Obole attribuée à l’atelier de Melle, car ce motif du revers se rencontre sur des deniers avec le monogramme ME sous une croix pour METVLLO (Melle).
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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