bmv_881518 - POITOU - METALUS VICUS - MELLE (Deux-Sevres) Obole au monogramme ANE
450.00 €(Approx. 526.50$ | 391.50£)
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Type : Obole au monogramme ANE
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Melle (79)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Weight : 0,54 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Patine grise et coup à 5 heures. Léger décentrage
Predigree :
Monnaie de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Obverse
Obverse description : Monogramme comportant un A, un E et un V (ou ANE).
Reverse
Reverse description : Lisse (reste de ME).
Commentary
Obole attribuée à l’atelier de Melle, car ce motif du revers se rencontre sur des deniers avec le monogramme ME sous une croix pour METVLLO (Melle).
Obol attributed to the Melle workshop, because this reverse motif is found on deniers with the monogram ME under a cross for METVLLO (Melle)
Obol attributed to the Melle workshop, because this reverse motif is found on deniers with the monogram ME under a cross for METVLLO (Melle)
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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