Live auction - bmv_856627 - POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Denier à l’M croisetée
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 800 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 15:58:21 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier à l’M croisetée
Date: (VIIe-VIIIe siècles)
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Melle
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,27 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et présente de hauts reliefs. Le droit est tréflé
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]EO[...].
Obverse description : Buste à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : + FISCI +.
Reverse description : M croisetée avec un E attaché à gauche ; dix globules dans le M.
Commentary
Denier inédit avec la légende FISCI au revers.
Unpublished denier with the legend FISCI on the reverse
Unpublished denier with the legend FISCI on the reverse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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