Tremissis Vouzon mint

The Vouzon mint operated during the Merovingian period when coin production had fragmented almost entirely into local hands — monetarii (private moneyers) striking gold tremisses under royal sanction but with considerable autonomy over design and quality. Vouzon, a small locality in the Orléanais, appears in the numismatic record almost exclusively through its coinage rather than documentary sources. Belfort's references 6000–6001 distinguish two closely related die groups from this mint, the differences subtle enough that misattribution in older collections was routine.