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Auction: 25055 - British Medals and World Coins featuring The Hurter-Amman Collection of Ancient and European Gold
Lot: 780

Merovingia Francia, National Series (c. 600-675), AV Tremissis, (70% Gold), Bodesio [Vic-sur-Seille], Domolenus, BODESIO VICO, delta for D, diademed and cuirassed bust right, rev. + DOMMOLENIVS MO, delta for D, short cross, characters in first and second quarters, 1.30g [20.06grns], 6h (Belfort 889; Prou 952), a trace off-struck to reverse, otherwise a superbly balanced coin, on a rich yellow-gold fabric, extremely fine, extremely rare, especially as a contextualised British find

Provenance

ECA, 19 October 2023, lot 170


Found by S Beal near Lenham (Kent), 25 August 2023


~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 2023.0304 ~


https://emc.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/full-record/20230304


Another issue of Bodesio was recovered near Basingstoke in 2019 (EMC 2020.0015) and recently sold at auction in Germany (Kunker 387, 20 June 2023, lot 53). These are the only two coins of this mint known to have secure British findspots.

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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£3000