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bmv_223492 - MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - TOULOUSE (TOLOSA) - Aquitania Triens à la tête stylisée, fragmentaire

MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - TOULOUSE (TOLOSA) - Aquitania Triens à la tête stylisée, fragmentaire XF
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Price : 420.00 €
Type : Triens à la tête stylisée, fragmentaire
Date: VIIe siècle
Mint name / Town : Toulouse (31)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,77 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie fragmentaire, avec des cassures irrégulières. Le flan est voilé avec quelques défauts de surface, de frappe assez vigoureuse au droit, mais molle au revers. Restes de concrétions terreuses dans les creux
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : [+ TOLO - S]AE=C.
Obverse description : Tête barbare diadémée, les cheveux hirsutes, à droite ; un astre devant le front et la légende autour.

Reverse


Reverse legend : [+ PIASSCVV].
Reverse description : Une croix à six bras (?), dans un grènetis intérieur ; légende autour du grènetis.

Commentary


Cette monnaie fragmentaire est du même type que le n° 1196 au sujet duquel nous écrivions :

“ Si la légende de droit, TOLOSA, ne laisse guère de doute sur l'attribution de ce triens à Toulouse, il reste difficile à classer et à intégrer dans un monnayage de Toulouse déjà très varié et hétérogène. Avec un flan si large, ce triens pourrait rappeler certaines frappes wisigothiques. Mais Toulouse n’est pas repris comme atelier des Wisigoths et si certaines monnaies peuvent présenter une tête de profil avec ce genre de coiffure, aucune monnaie wisigothique ne présente un tel revers.
Quoi qu’il en soit, cette monnaie d’un style très barbare, mais sur un flan en bon or, semble complètement unique et sans équivalent ”.

Sur cet exemplaire, le début de la légende TOLO est hors flan, mais les similitudes avec le triens de MONNAIES 43 ne laisse aucun doute !.
This fragmentary coin is of the same type as No. 1196 about which we wrote: “If the legend on the right, TOLOSA, leaves little doubt about the attribution of this triens to Toulouse, it remains difficult to classify and integrate into a coinage of Toulouse which is already very varied and heterogeneous. With such a large flan, this triens could recall certain Visigothic strikes. But Toulouse is not listed as a Visigothic mint and if certain coins can present a head in profile with this type of hairstyle, no Visigothic coin presents such a reverse. In any case, this coin of a very barbaric style, but on a flan of good gold, seems completely unique and without equivalent.” On this example, the beginning of the legend TOLO is off the flan, but the similarities with the triens of MONNAIES 43 leave no doubt!

Historical background


MEROVINGIAN COINAGE - TOULOUSE (TOLOSA) - Aquitania

(6th - 7th century)

Toulouse (Tolosa in Latin) was the capital of the Volques Tectosages. The protohistoric city is an important administrative and military center of the Narbonnaise province. Under Augustus, towards the end of the 1st century BC. J. -VS. , a new town was established on the site of the current historic center of Toulouse. In 250, Toulouse is marked by the torture of Saturnin de Toulouse which will become Saint-Sernin. The 3rd century and the 4th century are prosperous and the city grows. The first Saint-Sernin basilica was built in 403 with the rise of Christianity in the region. In 413, the Visigoths invaded the city and chose Toulouse as the capital of their kingdom.. Having a different culture and religion, the Gallo-Romans and the Visigoths rubbed shoulders in Toulouse without mixing until 508 when Clovis took the city, after defeating the Visigoths at the battle of Vouillé (in 507). The Franks did not stay in Toulouse, however, and the city, now cut off from the Mediterranean, lost its influence.. It serves mainly as a stronghold facing Septimania to the east and Spain to the south, held by the Visigoths. It nevertheless resumed its independence to form in 629 the ephemeral Kingdom of Toulouse then became in the 7th and 8th centuries the capital of a grand duchy whose borders go from the Pyrenees to the Loire, and from Rodez to the Ocean.. In 721, the city was besieged by the Arab army, which was finally defeated in the Battle of Toulouse on June 9, 721, signaling the end of its progression towards the north.. Source: Wikipedia. org.

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