In Carolingian Europe, and particularly in Carolingian Italy, coin fragmentation seems to be a very rare, if not absent, phenomenon. This paper analyses some aspects of the problem, which also needs to be considered taking into account the scarce supply of obols. The Carolingian monetary system, which replaced the gold tremissis with the silver denarius, was part of a monetary and economic context which had already restricted the use of coinage to transactions of higher value than daily exchanges.
La moneta frazionata nell'Italia carolingia
Alessia Rovelli
2024-01-01
Abstract
In Carolingian Europe, and particularly in Carolingian Italy, coin fragmentation seems to be a very rare, if not absent, phenomenon. This paper analyses some aspects of the problem, which also needs to be considered taking into account the scarce supply of obols. The Carolingian monetary system, which replaced the gold tremissis with the silver denarius, was part of a monetary and economic context which had already restricted the use of coinage to transactions of higher value than daily exchanges.File in questo prodotto:
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