bmv_919668 - UNSPECIFIED MINT Denier
400.00 €(Approx. 468.00$ | 348.00£)
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Type : Denier
Date: (VIIIe siècle)
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Weight : 0,63 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan un peu court et irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise de médaillier avec une surface granuleuse au revers
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la vente sur offres Albuquerque 28, du 20 juin 1991, n° 202 et de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]IVO[...].
Obverse description : Motif stylisé et indéterminé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : + [...]VIVII-[...].
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de huit globules.
Commentary
Le monogramme présent dans le champ du droit est parfois interprété comme un animal stylisé.
The monogram present in the right field is sometimes interpreted as a stylized animal
The monogram present in the right field is sometimes interpreted as a stylized animal
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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