Live auction - bmv_545078 - POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Denier à l’E croiseté et aux pseudo-légendes
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
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| End of the sale : | 10 September 2019 16:08:57 |
Type : Denier à l’E croiseté et aux pseudo-légendes
Date: (VII-VIIIe siècles)
Mint name / Town : Melle (?)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,85 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan court et quadrangulaire, un peu court. Avers presque complet mais revers décentré. Fine patine irisée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE INDÉTERMINÉE.
Obverse description : Petite tête barbare à droite dans un grènetis ; légende autour.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE INDÉTERMINÉE.
Reverse description : Grande lettre E ou M croisetée, entouré de globules dans un double grènetis, fin et épais.
Commentary
Traditionnellement, ces deniers avec l’E croiseté au revers sont attribués à Paris, mais sans argument convaincant.
Les analyses métalliques tendraient à prouver que ces monnaies ont été frappées avec de l’argent de Melle... et qu’elles proviendraient plutôt d’un atelier local. L’E croisetée serait alors une M croisetée.
Traditionally, these deniers with the crossed E on the reverse are attributed to Paris, but without convincing argument. Metallic analyses tend to prove that these coins were struck with silver from Melle... and that they would rather come from a local mint. The crossed E would then be a crossed M
Les analyses métalliques tendraient à prouver que ces monnaies ont été frappées avec de l’argent de Melle... et qu’elles proviendraient plutôt d’un atelier local. L’E croisetée serait alors une M croisetée.
Traditionally, these deniers with the crossed E on the reverse are attributed to Paris, but without convincing argument. Metallic analyses tend to prove that these coins were struck with silver from Melle... and that they would rather come from a local mint. The crossed E would then be a crossed M
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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