Denier at anchored cross Paris mint

Features

Issuer Frankish Kingdom (Frankish Kingdoms)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 700-750
Value 1 Denier (1⁄240)
Currency Denier (670-750)
Composition Silver
Weight 1.04 g
Diameter 11 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
194034
References Belfort# 3425-3428,
Auguste de Belfort; 1892. Description générale des monnaies mérovingiennes / Tome 1. Aballo - Cvsteciacvm. Societé Française de Numismatique, Paris, France.
And 4 more volumes.
MEC I# I, 600,
Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn; 2007. Medieval European Coinage 1 / The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Prou Mer# 737-738
Maurice Prou; 1892. Catalogue des monnaies françaises de la Bibliothèque Nationale : Les monnaies mérovingiennes. C. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France.

Obverse

Diademed head right, a little cross on the forehead.

Script: Latin

Lettering: + PARISIVS

Translation: Paris.

Reverse

Anchored cross with pendilia hanging from crossbar; pellets under each arc and below each pendilium; annulets at end of each bar.

Script: Latin

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Denier at anchored cross (Paris mint)
CNG
Electronic Auction 428
Lot 522
Internet Archive
5 Sep 2018 VF USD 600.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Denier at anchored cross (Paris mint)
CNG
Electronic Auction 449
Lot 700
Internet Archive
31 Jul 2019 F USD 220.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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