Nantoaldus is attested as a moneyer operating at Espagnac — a Merovingian mint site in the Lot valley — during the reigns of the later Dagobert period or his immediate successors, when royal control over minting was already fragmenting badly. By the second quarter of the seventh century, Frankish monetary authority had become so decentralized that individual moneyers enjoyed near-total autonomy, signing their own names to tremisses with only nominal reference to any issuing power. The attribution to "Aquitaine" is a cataloger's convenience rather than a political reality the coin itself would have recognized.
The Prou reference listed here as a variety suggests the die arrangement or mint spelling differs from the primary recorded specimen — Espagnac pieces are rare enough that each known example tends to diverge slightly.
Nantoaldus is attested as a moneyer operating at Espagnac — a Merovingian mint site in the Lot valley — during the reigns of the later Dagobert period or his immediate successors, when royal control over minting was already fragmenting badly. By the second quarter of the seventh century, Frankish monetary authority had become so decentralized that individual moneyers enjoyed near-total autonomy, signing their own names to tremisses with only nominal reference to any issuing power. The attribution to "Aquitaine" is a cataloger's convenience rather than a political reality the coin itself would have recognized.
The Prou reference listed here as a variety suggests the die arrangement or mint spelling differs from the primary recorded specimen — Espagnac pieces are rare enough that each known example tends to diverge slightly.