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Title: Silver Denier Post by: celticspikey on June 12, 2015, 07:25:14 PM Sorry Dale should of put your name on shout as well ;) Here is the reply from the coin specialist, it took a while and has been seen by a few of them and finally got the ID. I will now have to get a value as the farmer will want to know :) I guess Spinks would be the first bet. ;) ;)
A Silver Denier of the Merovingian dated around 740’s. It’s from the mint of St Martin of Tours which is named on both sides (SCI MR and SCO MD) Martin has never seen another like it and says it is a very important find and possibly quite rare Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: handyman [Alan} on June 12, 2015, 07:48:06 PM a lovely find Paul. Nice to see that the trade routes between austria/germany border area, were still active in the 'dark ages'.
one could say that the european common market has been alive and kicking for over 2000 years! lovely find indeed Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: marknewbury1 on June 12, 2015, 07:52:56 PM lovely coin :ogood luck
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: DEADLOCK on June 12, 2015, 07:59:09 PM Interesting coin well found
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: dingdong on June 12, 2015, 08:14:09 PM Well, well,well,done,what an absolutely fantastic coin,sometimes,congratulatory words are not enough,"PHEW"
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: Chef Geoff on June 12, 2015, 08:15:13 PM Great result Paul so it could be a "unique" coin after all, oh well I had the right place but a few years out :-\
a lovely find Paul. Nice to see that the trade routes between austria/germany border area, were still active in the 'dark ages'. one could say that the european common market has been alive and kicking for over 2000 years! lovely find indeed OK you might of been right about where the river was at the last two dayer but Tours on the austria/germany border ??? it's in the Loire valley. Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: handyman [Alan} on June 12, 2015, 08:19:34 PM yeah .. but their influence extended down to the german border ;D ;D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merovingian_dynasty plus all this --- ;D ;D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merovingian_dynasty#/media/File:Merovingian_dynasty.jpg Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: Chef Geoff on June 12, 2015, 08:55:29 PM That's still not close to Austria, that area doesn't fall to the Franks until Charlemagne ;)
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: TEZZA on June 12, 2015, 09:01:47 PM Another great find Spikey well done
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: Dryland on June 12, 2015, 09:37:17 PM Well found again Paul, not only a lovely coin but rare, what a bonus
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: Val Beechey on June 12, 2015, 10:28:51 PM Another fantastic find Paul, congrats. It's a period of history that has always fascinated me, would love to have something from that time.
Val Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: wittsy1 on June 13, 2015, 05:29:36 AM What a belter of a coin. Well found.
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: BugbrookeBen on June 13, 2015, 06:31:37 AM Stunning coin well done :)
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: hotmill on June 13, 2015, 03:40:23 PM That's a cracking coin! Very interesting!
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: congerman on June 13, 2015, 04:37:17 PM stunning find well searched ;)
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: Romansue on June 13, 2015, 05:22:55 PM :) What a great find! Lovely condition too! Cheers, Sue :)
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: celticspikey on June 13, 2015, 05:33:11 PM Thanks for your comments guys and girls ;) I was told it could fetch £400-£600 max at auction ??? ??? by a fellow detectorist , if it is it wont be sold any way, I would have thought that was quite low for a possible unique coin. ;)
Title: Re: Silver Denier Post by: probono on June 13, 2015, 08:19:43 PM Thanks for letting us know.
It's nice to add another coin to the memory banks - just in case I see another one one day. |