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Denier at the cross - Various moneyers Chalon mint
| Issuer | Frankish Kingdom |
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| Year | 670-750 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a bold, multi-armed cross or star motif rendered in low relief, with splayed ends typical of Merovingian die-cutting. The cross is surrounded by an arrangement of irregular pellets or globules distributed across the field, a characteristic decorative convention of the Frankish denier series. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edge, consistent with hand-hammered coinage of the period. No legible inscription is apparent on this side, the pellet arrangement serving as the primary compositional element. The overall style reflects the debased, provincial Merovingian minting tradition of the late 7th to mid-8th century. |
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| Reverse lettering | CA-BIL-ON-NO (Translation: Chalon.) |
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Chalons-sur-Saône sat on a major Rhône-Sâone corridor trade route, making its mint commercially significant well before the Carolingian reorganization swept away the decentralized moneyer system entirely. These pieces belong to the last generations of Merovingian monetary practice, when individual moneyers — named on the coin itself — operated with a degree of autonomy that Charlemagne's reforms would permanently extinguish after 755.
The Belfort range cited here spans nearly two dozen distinct moneyer attributions for this type, reflecting just how many hands passed through a single active mint in this period.