Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Tremissis - Moneyer Elafius Banassac
| Issuer | Merovingian Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Year | 620-640 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Stylized bust facing right in late antique tradition, rendered in a schematic Merovingian manner. The effigy displays boldly pelletted eyes, a prominent nose, and a wide open mouth, with the hair indicated by horizontal striations. Multiple pellets are scattered across the field to either side of the bust, three of which appear in a vertical row before the face. A beaded border with a radiate or serrated outer rim frames the design. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Banassac, France |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Banassac, in the Lozère, was one of the more productive Merovingian minting sites — a rural location whose output was substantial enough to leave a traceable sequence of named moneyers across the seventh century. Elafius is among the better-documented of these figures, his name appearing consistently enough across surviving pieces to suggest a sustained tenure rather than a fleeting appointment. Merovingian monetary administration devolved heavily onto individual moneyers, who bore personal responsibility for the fineness of their output — a fact reflected in the insistence on naming them directly on the coinage itself.