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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 8

Merovingia Francia, National Series (c. 600-675), AV Tremissis, Argentomagus (Argenton-sur-Creuse), ARGENTOM, cross pattée, rev. + EMERI MO, eight-limbed cross, 1.20g, 0° (SCBI 69, 1077 this coin; Metcalf 2016, no. 4; Abdy & Williams 236), good very fine

provenance
J Philpotts, January 2002
~ Found on 'a productive site' in South Lincolnshire, 2000 ~
[EMC 2000.0069]


Tremisses with a 'multiple' cross of six or eight limbs constitute a small corpus amongst recorded specimens. Although many are difficult to attribute, it appears that mints displaying 6-rayed crosses are more plentiful in western France, whereas 8-rayed crosses are more common in the east, and into Switzerland. The identification of Argentom with Argenton-sur-Creuse (Indre, central France) hints at a rather 'eccentric' use of this cross variant.

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Sold for
£2,200

Starting price
£650