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Description: | An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Merovingian gold tremissis, minted at Nantes (c. AD 560-c. 585 AD). MEC 460; Belfort 3094; Depeyrot type 3-2E.A Merovingian coin imitating Visigothic (which is imitating Byzantine!).Obverse: left-facing bust, inscription possibly reading NAMReverse: Victory advancing left; IVIO / NReferences:MEC: P. Grierson and M. Blackburn (1986), Medieval European Coinage 1: the early middle ages (Cambridge), see pl. 22 (no. 460); Depeyrot, G 'Le Numeraire Merovngien L'age de L'or (Moneta).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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