Solidus In the name of Phocus; Marseille

Features

Issuer	Unified Frankish Kingdom (Frankish Kingdoms)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	602-610
Value	1 Solidus
Currency	Tremissis (476-670)
Composition	Złoto
Weight	3.85 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 562154
References	Belfort# 2458 Auguste de Belfort, Gustave de Ponton d'Amécourt. Description générale des monnaies mérovingiennes (10 volumes). , Depey Me O# 8-3A, pl. 28, 30 Georges Depeyrot; 1998. Le numéraire mérovingien. Moneta, Wetteren, Belgium (4 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: D II FOCΛS • bCVbVΛC

Unabridged legend: Dominus Noster Phocus

Reverse

(en) Cross potent set on globe; M Λ flanking cross, X XI flanking globe; all within wreath.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
VICTORI ΛΛCCV
CON OB
M - Λ X - XI

Unabridged legend:
Victoria Augustorum
Constantinopolis Obryzum

Mint

Marseille, Francja (?-1858)

Comments

(en)

"Since Marseille, with its valuable customs revenues, was often divided between several Frankish kings, the use of an imperial name may have been intended to avoid the awkwardness of naming only one among them; it certainly did not imply any temporary re-establishment of imperial authority in southern Gaul." Grierson, p.18

This type of Pseudo Solidus has been issued under the name of many different old Emperors.

Other Reference:

S.E. Rigold, "An imperial coinage in Southern Gaul in the sixth and seventh centuries" in NC 1954, 71

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (602-610)

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