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English: An early 7th-century gold tremissis minted in Merovingian France or Friesland by an otherwise unknown moneyer or petty king named Audulf. The coin was apparently discovered at Wiewurt, Friesland, in the Netherlands and is now held by the BnF Museum in Paris.
Whether Frankish or Frisian, the coin is a late example of the tremissis originally intended to represent ⅓ solidus. The tremissis is also described as a triens &c. in Frankish contexts and a thrymsa &c. in Anglo-Saxon English contexts. As such, this coin type is now usually described as an "Audulfus Frisia Triens". Griegson notes the issue has a diademed bust facing right obverse and a cross potent on a triangular base and step reverse. The coin has an upper-case alpha (Α) under the cross's left arm and a lower-case omega (ω) under the cross's left arm, both connected upwards to create the appearance of a scale. Obverse: AVDVLFVS FRISIA [Audulfus Frisia, generally understood as intending either "Audulf King in Frisia" or "Minted by Audulf the Frisian"] Reverse: VICTVRIA AVDVLFO [intending VICTORIA AVDVLFO, generally understood as either commemorating "Victory by Audulf" over the Franks, some other local enemy, or paganism or as a partially garbled mimicking of earlier tremisses and solidi, particularly the CHLOTARII VICTVRIA issues of Clothar II] Alongside the source entry, see also Griegson, De Nederlandsche Bank, & Vanbrabant. |
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Source | Catalogue des Monnaise Françaises de la Bibliothèque Nationale: Les Monnaies Mérovingiennes, Pl. XI: Cités d'Auxerre, Troyes, Orléans, Fig. 18. |
Author | Maurice Prou |
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AV [i.e. AU, aurum, gold]
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AVDVLFVS FRISIA [Audulf King in Frisia or Minted by Audulf the Frisian]
VICTVRIA AVDVLFO [Intending VICTORIA AVDVLFO, Victory by Audulf or a somewhat garbled repetition of the inscription of earlier tremisses]
Α [alpha]
ω [omega]
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