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| From-To | Rarity* | Material | Diameter | Weight | | 2,2075055187638 | | - | - | | Description |
(THE FRANKS Clovis, 481-511 Pseudo-Imperial Coinage. In the name of Anastasius, 491-518 . Solidus, uncertain mint 481-511, AV 4.40 g. DN ANAST ASIVS PP VC Pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, three-quarters r., holding spear and decorated shield with horseman and fallen enemy motif. Rev. + VICTORI A AVCCCA Victory standing l., holding long jewelled cross; in r. field, star, and in exergue, CONOD. Belfort 5035 var. (no cross at the beginning of the legend on reverse). MEC I, 343 var. (probably no cross at the beginning of the legend on reverse). An apparently unrecorded variety of a very rare type. Very fine Ex Leu sale 86, 2003, 1069. This specimen was struck under Clovis or his son Theoderic I. Clovis became king at the age of 15 after the death of his father Childeric. Soon he took most of north Gaul by 486 and he maintained good relations with the non-Frankish inhabitants and with the Catholic bishops. He married the Burgundian Clotida in 493 and was converted to Catholicism. After the victory against the Alemanni and the Visigoths, he expanded his reign to Spain. To keep his throne, he killed all the other minor Frankish kings of the Merovingian line. With his death, the kingdom was divided between his sons, giving cause to prolonged wars for reuniting it. This seems to be an unpublished variety for the presence of the cross at the beginning of the reverse legend.) |
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