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Il y a bien longtemps, fabriquer de la monnaie
c’était avoir beaucoup de pouvoir.
Les comtes de Melgueil ont fabriqué leur propre monnaie.
Leur monnaie s’appelait le denier melgorien.
On peut reconnaître les deniers melgoriens grâce à leurs dessins :
4 anneaux placés autour du point.
L’atelier qui fabriquait les deniers melgoriens s’appelait l’Hôtel des monnaies.
L’Hôtel des Monnaies est aujourd’hui détruit.
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The Mint
The families of the Counts of Melgueil took advantage of the weakness of the Carolingian and Capetian dynasties to take over the right to mint coins.
The Melgueil denarius is one of the oldest seigniorial coins. It appeared between 949 and 963 and circulated throughout the lower Languedoc regions from Toulouse to the Rhône. The remains of a caravan loaded with Melgueil coins have been found in the Gobi desert during archaeological excavations. It is also said that the ransom of Saint Louis, a prisoner in Tunis in 1250, was paid in part by Melgarian sols.
The Melgueil denarius is an alloy of copper and silver, as the counts' territory had many silver mines. Deniers, obols and sols are decorated on one side with the enigmatic cross pattée (symbol of the knights templar), armed with a point at the top. On the reverse, four rings are arranged in the shape of a cross around a round point. This shape has not changed over the centuries.
The mint was destroyed in the 1970s. Before its destruction, it was listed in the general inventory of historical monuments. There was no medieval documentation left in the building. Some elements of the 17th century are now preserved by the City of Mauguio Carnon and in the Museum of Old Montpellier.
Photo : Obverse and reverse of the Melgorian denarius