bmv_840198 - MEROVINGIAN COINS - FRANKISH KINGDOM - CHILDEBERT I Cuivre au chrisme - divisionnaire
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Price : 750.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 750.00 €
Type : Cuivre au chrisme - divisionnaire
Date: c. 511-558
Mint name / Town : Marseille (?)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,58 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan irrégulier et recouvert d’une patine verte. Surface granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Chrisme dans une guirlande végétale.
Reverse
Reverse description : Croix dans une guirlande végétale.
Commentary
Les monnaies de cuivre sont rares dans le monnayage mérovingien. Les seules vraiment bien classées sont celles de Marseille, avec un nom de roi. Un exemplaire en bel état et sur un flan large, a été vendu dans MONNAIES 45, n° 986 à 1178€ sur un ordre maximum de 2050€.
L’exemplaire proposé ici est bien complet, faiblement usé et il présente pourtant un poids si léger qu’il est légitime de s’interroger sur sa nature ; il s’agit vraisemblablement d’une divisionnaire du cuivre au chrisme !.
Copper coins are rare in Merovingian coinage. The only truly well-classified ones are those from Marseille, with a king's name. A fine example on a wide flan was sold in MONNAIES 45, no. 986 for €1,178 out of a maximum order of €2,050. The example offered here is very complete, slightly worn, and yet so light that it is legitimate to question its nature; it is likely a copper divisionary with chrism!
L’exemplaire proposé ici est bien complet, faiblement usé et il présente pourtant un poids si léger qu’il est légitime de s’interroger sur sa nature ; il s’agit vraisemblablement d’une divisionnaire du cuivre au chrisme !.
Copper coins are rare in Merovingian coinage. The only truly well-classified ones are those from Marseille, with a king's name. A fine example on a wide flan was sold in MONNAIES 45, no. 986 for €1,178 out of a maximum order of €2,050. The example offered here is very complete, slightly worn, and yet so light that it is legitimate to question its nature; it is likely a copper divisionary with chrism!
Historical background
MEROVINGIAN COINS - FRANKISH KINGDOM - CHILDEBERT I
(511-558)
Childebert is the son of Clovis and Clothilde. In 511, on the death of his father, the kingdom was divided between him and his three brothers, Thierry, Clodomir and Clothaire. Childebert inherited the lands located between the Seine and the Loire (Paris, Chartres, Le Mans). In 526, on the death of Clodomir, Childebert and Clotaire slaughtered their nephews to seize his inheritance. In 534, Clothaire and Childebert united and defeated the Burgundians near Autun. In 558 Childebert died childless and his estates were recovered by Clothaire.
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