Object card·SAL_0096·1965

Silver denier of Chartres, Frankish period, Campanopetra

Silver denier of Chartres, Frankish period, Campanopetra
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0096. "Silver denier of Chartres, Frankish period, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Silver denier (forme: denier) of the Frankish period, from Campanopetra, square K IV/γ10 ou; K V/γ1; K 21, inventory M_0021m, negatives 00227_02; 27020_06; 27020_05. Obverse: a cross within two beaded circles, with the legend + CARTISCIVITAS (Cross), City of Chartres; reverse: a distorted helmeted warrior's head in profile to the right, of the so-called Chartrain type with three besants and three pales. Diameter 21 mm (22 mm), weight 1.00 g (between 1.04 and 1.345 g), height 8 h. Inventory M_0021m; 16 April 1965.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra 8 h. 1,00 g num planche : PL_37 caracterique : Argent forme : Denier num planche : PL_38 num planche : PL_43 carre : K IV/γ10 ou carre : K V/γ1 carre : K 21 Monnaie droit : au centre croix entourée de deux cercles de grénetis, entre lesquels est gravée la légende : + CARTISCIVITAS (Croix) Cité de Chartres. Revers : déformation d’une tête de guerrier casqué, de profil à droite, selon le type dit chartrain, à trois besants et à trois pieux. 21 mm, entre 1,04 et 1,345 g // 22 mm epoque : époque franque inv objet : M_0021m negatif : 00227_02 negatif : 27020_06 negatif : 27020_05 objet : Monnaies franques pub : SAL_PUB_139890_XVI_CAT_16_1110_p_0106 pub : CAT_04_H0005_p_0200 type :Monnaies médiévales

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