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Denier - Moneyer Maurinus Orleans
| Issuer | Neustria, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 675-700 |
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| Reference(s) | Depeyrot Me D#pg. 90, Belfort#516 var. |
| Obverse description | Diademed bust of the king facing right, rendered in a stylized late antique manner typical of Merovingian coinage. The hair is depicted in parallel curved lines indicating a pearl or beaded diadem. A circular legend surrounds the effigy within a beaded border. The portrait, though schematized, retains classical bust conventions inherited from late Roman numismatic tradition. |
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| Mintage | ND (675-700) |
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Issued from the Orleans mint during the last quarter of the seventh century, this denier belongs to a period when Merovingian royal authority had effectively collapsed into the hands of competing aristocratic factions. Coinage from this era was produced under named moneyers — Maurinus among them — who operated with considerable autonomy as the office of mayor of the palace eclipsed the kings they nominally served. The moneyer's name on the coin carried more practical accountability than the king's.
The Belfort variant designation signals a die or typological divergence from the principal Belfort 516 classification, though the precise distinction is not always consistently documented across holdings.