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bmv_583809 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Denier

UNSPECIFIED MINT Denier VF/AU
650.00 €(Approx. 702.00$ | 559.00£)
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Type : Denier
Date: VIIIe siècle
Mint name / Town : Poitou
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,02 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur flan irrégulier. Reliefs particulièrement nets au revers et faible au droit. Le droit porte des rayures
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : [L]EODEGISELO.
Obverse description : Tête barbue de face.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ME[ALTEODE]RICO.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre besants.

Commentary


Cet exemplaire a été illustré dans les Cahiers Numismatiques n° 222 de décembre 2019, n° 3, p. 18. Philippe Schiesser et Bernard Séguin se sont lancer dans une étude consacrée à ces deniers avec tête de face et les attribuent au Poitou.

Historical background


UNSPECIFIED MINT

(6th - 8th centuries)

Many Merovingian coins, badly minted, with very poor or inexplicit epigraphy, cannot be attributed to a particular mint. Too rare coins unfortunately have the same problem. The attributions being based on often old works, a coin unknown at the time will often have difficulty in being attributed, unless it is possible to read the mint or find the name of the mint and compare with its production in the workshops where he minted coins....

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