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| From-To | Rarity* | Material | Diameter | Weight | | 2,2075055187638 | | - | - | | Description |
(Merovingians, AV Tremissis (7 siliquae). Arelatum (Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône), circa AD 600-620. In the name of Maurice Tiberius. [D N ]MAVRI ooo IIVB PP P V, diademed and draped bust right / [VICAORI A]VTOAV around wreath enclosing cross potent; A-R across upper fields, V-II across lower fields, CONOB in exergue. G. Depeyrot, le numéraire mérovingien l'Iâge de l'or, IV, Wetteren 1998, p. 82, 8, (= pl. 28, 8); Belfort 273; Prou 1360a. 1.25g, 16mm, 5h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare. An example of this extremely rare issue from Arles was found amongst the 37 Merovingian coins in the celebrated 1939 Sutton Hoo treasure now in the British Museum, and helped to establish the burial date of the ship to the early decades of the 7th century AD. Cf: J.P.C. Kent, 1975, Catalogue of the Sutton Hoo coins, blanks and billets, in R.L.S. Bruce-Mitford, 'The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial', I, no. 22.) |
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