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Live auction - bmv_347868 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Denier au double monogramme édiculaire

UNSPECIFIED MINT Denier au double monogramme édiculaire AU/XF
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Estimate : 750 €
Price : 400 €
Maximum bid : 425 €
End of the sale : 19 April 2016 15:17:45
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Denier au double monogramme édiculaire
Date: VIIIe siècle
Mint name / Town : 51 - Marne
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,25 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Denier sur un flan un peu court et épais avec des types bien centrés mais avec les légendes partiellement hors flan. Patine sombre
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : AN (...) SS.
Obverse description : Monogramme édiculaire surmonté d’une croix.

Reverse


Reverse legend : VAEICM (...).
Reverse description : Monogramme édiculaire surmonté d’une croix.

Commentary


Un denier de ce type avec la légende CAPAS nous avait fait l’attribuer à Cheppes (Marnes) ; cf. bmv_287944.
D’un type comparable, mais avec le monogramme édiculaire au droit comme au revers, cet exemplaire présente une autre légende sans équivalent. Si son attribution est complexe, il est cohérent de proposer une origine dans la Marne.

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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