Denarius, type 1


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

CARLVS RE F (circular legend with the letter S inclined, around a cross surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between F and CARLVS).

NIS - TVN (circular legend with the letter S inclined, around the Karolus monogram (1) surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between the two letters N, another between the letters S and T).



Photo of the 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/btv1b104126503.r=charlemagne%20denier?rk=278971;2.

 

Monograms Karolus:

(1)  All letters inscribed normally.

(2) The letters K and R inscribed normally; the letter S reversed and the letter L inscribed normally.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 ? ? ? ? ? ?

Seems never to have gone on sale.