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<p>[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 4868704, member: 74712"]<i>Addendum</i></p><p><br /></p><p>In the same article by Moesgaard referenced above, a survey of pre-feudal types of Normandy is given, with a theory that the Gratia Dei Rex coins were continually issued even into the time of Charles the Simple as an immobilized type. (Moesgaard, 102-3) The design of these coins degenerated over time, and much to my surprise, one of these degenerate types (or a later imitation) was offered at a recent CNG auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1175683[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Early Medieval - Carolingian Imitation</font></p><p><font size="3">Viking or Frisian, 10th c. (900-920s); AR Denier, 20.92 mm x 0.9 grams</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Blundered legends surrounding Degenerate CAROLVS monogram</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Nonsense legend surrounding cross pattee. Perhaps imitating an issue of Curtisasonien</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Moesgaard, ‘A Survey of Coin Production and Currency in Normandy,’ 99-109</font></p><p><font size="3">Note: Imitating a GDR (Gratia Dei Rex) denier of Charles the Bald (but likely an immobilized issue of Charles the Simple)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is either so degenerated to the point of illegibility, or (more likely) it is an imitation. CNG suggested a possibly Frisian or Viking imitation, either of which could be likely. Although I do find some of the lettering on the reverse to be close to the legends for the Curtisasonien mint in Normandy. Unfortunately the exact location of this mint is unknown, but according to the table given on pg. 100, the Curtisasonien mint was the most prolific of this type according to the hoard evidence (making it a reasonable candidate for imitation). The weight of these coins also lessened over time, to the point where coins of the same weight as mine (0.9 grams), Moesgaard estimated to be minted in the 920s. There is no way to prove this definitively, but it’s another intriguing coin which may have been issued by Rollo before or soon after the formation of Normandy (or not. Who could possibly know for sure?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 4868704, member: 74712"][I]Addendum[/I] In the same article by Moesgaard referenced above, a survey of pre-feudal types of Normandy is given, with a theory that the Gratia Dei Rex coins were continually issued even into the time of Charles the Simple as an immobilized type. (Moesgaard, 102-3) The design of these coins degenerated over time, and much to my surprise, one of these degenerate types (or a later imitation) was offered at a recent CNG auction. [ATTACH=full]1175683[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Early Medieval - Carolingian Imitation Viking or Frisian, 10th c. (900-920s); AR Denier, 20.92 mm x 0.9 grams Obv.: Blundered legends surrounding Degenerate CAROLVS monogram Rev.: Nonsense legend surrounding cross pattee. Perhaps imitating an issue of Curtisasonien Ref.: Moesgaard, ‘A Survey of Coin Production and Currency in Normandy,’ 99-109 Note: Imitating a GDR (Gratia Dei Rex) denier of Charles the Bald (but likely an immobilized issue of Charles the Simple)[/SIZE] This coin is either so degenerated to the point of illegibility, or (more likely) it is an imitation. CNG suggested a possibly Frisian or Viking imitation, either of which could be likely. Although I do find some of the lettering on the reverse to be close to the legends for the Curtisasonien mint in Normandy. Unfortunately the exact location of this mint is unknown, but according to the table given on pg. 100, the Curtisasonien mint was the most prolific of this type according to the hoard evidence (making it a reasonable candidate for imitation). The weight of these coins also lessened over time, to the point where coins of the same weight as mine (0.9 grams), Moesgaard estimated to be minted in the 920s. There is no way to prove this definitively, but it’s another intriguing coin which may have been issued by Rollo before or soon after the formation of Normandy (or not. Who could possibly know for sure?)[/QUOTE]
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