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Triens Clovis 508 - Votre foi est notre victoire
| Issuer | Monétaire Française |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) plated silver (.999) |
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| Obverse lettering | VOTRE FOI EST NOTRE VICTOIRE TRIENS 508 |
| Reverse description | A crowned heraldic shield occupies the central field, bearing a Gallican rooster displayed at its centre and flanked by quartered escutcheons decorated with fleurs-de-lis, all surmounted by a royal crown. Radiating lines fill the background behind the shield, and an olive branch frames the lower portion of the design. The circumferential legend reads • 2000 ANS D'HISTOIRE • MONÉTAIRE FRANÇAISE, divided along the periphery. |
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Clovis's victory over the Visigoths at Vouillé in 507 — not 508, despite the product name — was followed almost immediately by his reception of the consular insignia from the Eastern Emperor Anastasius I, a political gesture that gave Frankish rule a veneer of Roman legitimacy in Gaul. The actual Merovingian triens was a small gold tremissis derivative, roughly 1.5g, bearing no resemblance in scale or purpose to this piece.
The name and date are marketing choices, not numismatic ones.