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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 500 € |
| Maximum bid : | 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 16:03:01 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Melle ?
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 1,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et est décentrée au revers. Les deux faces de cet exemplaire présentent une patine grise de collection
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Philippe Schiesser et de la VSO CGB, MONNAIES XI, n° 604
Obverse
Obverse description : M sous une croisette avec un E à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Monogramme comportant un A, un E et une N.
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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