Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Merovingians, Switzerland. Saint-Maurice-d'Agaume AV Tremissis of 7 Siliquae. Moneyer Romanus, AD 600-620. ΛCΛVNO FIT, male head right / ROMANS MO around wreath enclosing cross on stand, V-II across field. Cf. H.-U. Geiger, Die merowingische Münzen in der Schweiz, SNR 58, 1979, 36; cf. Depeyrot II, Type 10-A1, 1; cf. Belfort 20; cf. Prou 1298; cf. HMZ 1-93. 1.14g, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare and of considerable historical interest.
From a private German collection.
Acaunum is first mentioned in AD 200 as Acaun[ensis] [quadragesimae] Gal[liarum]. In 1003 the name was changed to Saint-Maurice-d'Agaume which is today located in Canton Valais, Switzerland. The moneyer Romanus is renowned for having been a mint master of Acaunum under the Merovingian King Dagobert I (AD 629-39), famous for being richer than most Merovingian monarchs, as is attested by the assistance he gave to the enthronement of the Visigoth king Sisemund in Spain, for which he was awarded a golden dish weighing some five-hundred Roman pounds. So famous was Dagobert's wealth that the German translation for Walt Disney's rich Uncle Scrooge McDuck is appropriately 'Onkel Dagobert'.
Very Fine. Very Rare and of considerable historical interest.
From a private German collection.
Acaunum is first mentioned in AD 200 as Acaun[ensis] [quadragesimae] Gal[liarum]. In 1003 the name was changed to Saint-Maurice-d'Agaume which is today located in Canton Valais, Switzerland. The moneyer Romanus is renowned for having been a mint master of Acaunum under the Merovingian King Dagobert I (AD 629-39), famous for being richer than most Merovingian monarchs, as is attested by the assistance he gave to the enthronement of the Visigoth king Sisemund in Spain, for which he was awarded a golden dish weighing some five-hundred Roman pounds. So famous was Dagobert's wealth that the German translation for Walt Disney's rich Uncle Scrooge McDuck is appropriately 'Onkel Dagobert'.