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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 16:00:41 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier
Date: (VIIe-VIIIe siècles)
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Melle (?)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 0,84 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Hauts reliefs. Patine grise de médaillier
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE INDÉTERMINÉE.
Obverse description : Petite tête barbare à droite dans un grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lettre E ou M croisetée, entouré de globules dans grènetis.
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
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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