bmv_881545 - POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Denier
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Price : 400.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: (VIIe-VIIIe siècles)
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Melle (79) ou Poitiers (86)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Weight : 0,84 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et présente d’assez hauts reliefs. Patine grise
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...].
Obverse description : Buste à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...]RGA[...], (LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE).
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre globules.
Commentary
Avec ce type de buste, nous sommes en présence d’une production du Poitou, très certainement de Melle, mais Poitiers ne doit pas être exclu.
With this type of bust, we are in the presence of a production from Poitou, most certainly from Melle, but Poitiers should not be excluded
With this type of bust, we are in the presence of a production from Poitou, most certainly from Melle, but Poitiers should not be excluded
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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