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Rare Silver Obole From Pippin I Or II

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Obv: The rare oboles bearing the reverse legend EQVITANIORVM in three lines
Rev:Cross
Legend: PIPPINVSREX
Mint: Bordeaux. According to Coupland, they were evidently minted on a very small scale.
Pippin I(814-838) or Pippin II (839-865)
Diameter: 16mm
mass: 0,7 gram

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 Posted 12/21/2017  11:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Archeo1982 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is the only parallel I found on asearch.
It's a better preserved example:
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Interesting piece. I especially like the manner in which the letter Q was rendered.
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Interesting coin.
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Nice one, Archeo1982 - very interesting!
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To add: The better photo's after cleaning the coin a bit
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This one was also professional cleaned.

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