Denarius, type 1


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

HLVDOVVICVS IMP AVG (Laureate and draped bust of Louis The Pious on the right).

DORESTATVS (circular legend around a ship with an oar on the right).



Photo of a coin sold by Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4159306, link to their website: https://www.elsen.eu/.

 

Two other copies preserved at the Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen of Berlin, link to the page of their website showing the photo of the first coin: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2361275&viewType=detailView. Link to the second coin: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2355482&viewType=detailView.

 

Yet another copy preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (public domain), link to the page of their website showing the photo of the coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10412478r.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=4978565;2.

 

Several copies sold by different auction houses.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 2.000 3.000 5.000 ? ? ?