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| Issuer | Austrasia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 725-750 |
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| Currency | Denier (670-750) |
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| Reverse lettering | D |
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| Mintage | ND (725-750) |
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Metz served as a royal seat of the Austrasian Merovingians, and deniers struck there during this period fall into the contested transitional decades when Carolingian mayors of the palace were systematically displacing Merovingian royal authority — the so-called "rois fainéants" period. By 751, Childeric III would be deposed and tonsured. These coins were struck under an administrative structure that was effectively already Carolingian in all but name, which complicates attributing issuing authority with any precision. The Belfort reference remains the standard anchor for Metz regional attribution.