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Denier - Moneyer Ebricharius Le Mans
| Issuer | Neustria, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 675-700 |
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| Reference(s) | Belfort#1500 Mer#422 |
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| Reverse description | A central pedestal or column supports a cross at its apex, forming the principal device of the reverse. Two standing figures in profile, identified by numismatic tradition as Saints Gervasius and Protasius, flank the pedestal symmetrically, each figure inclining toward the central cross. The legend CENNOMANIS, the Latin toponym for Le Mans, is arranged around the design beginning at the lower left, serving as a mint signature. The composition is characteristic of Merovingian ecclesiastical coinage referencing local patron saints. |
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| Reverse lettering | CENNOMANIS (Translation: Le Mans.) |
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The Merovingian monetary system of the late seventh century was strikingly decentralized — individual moneyers operated under royal sanction but with considerable local autonomy, and their names stamped on the coinage gave them personal accountability for fineness and weight. Ebricharius worked at Le Mans, a mint active throughout the Merovingian period and sufficiently important to appear across multiple reigns. The specific attribution to Belfort 1500 and Mérou 422 places this firmly within the documented corpus, though moneyer-signed deniers from this decade survive in very small numbers.