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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 9

Merovingia Francia, National Series (c. 600-675), AV Tremissis, Baiocassium (Bayeux), Mallacius, BA | IOCAS, diademed and segmented draped bust right, rev. [M]ALLA[CIV]S +, cross on globe and single step, 'constellation' of five-pointed stars in fields [and above cross], 1.33g, 340° (SCBI 69, 1079 this coin; cf. Prou 282), of waterworn appearance, otherwise almost very fine, very rare

provenance
S Elden, November 2007
~ Reportedly found at Coddenham (Suffolk), 2007 ~
[EMC 2007.0292 = BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 62]


Although not fully legible, the reverse is unmistakeably signed 'Mallacius', a moneyer recorded from only five Bayeux-signature Tremisses (cf. Belfort 605-606 and Bibliotheque Nationale de France 299). His cross surmounts a globe and step and is further flanked by three stars - one at either side of the cross, and one above. This 'constellation' is also seen in some other emissions from north-western France (at Amiens, Avranches and Lisieux)

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£1000