Denarius, type 1, var 1


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

CARLVS REX FR (circular legend around a cross surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between FR and CARLVS).

LVCA (circular legend around the Carolus monogram (1) surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between the letters A and L. One globule between the cross and the letter L).



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/btv1b104137122.r=charlemagne%20denier?rk=1630909;2.

 

Monogram Carolus:

(1) Without letter A in the diamond on the middle.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
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Seems never to have gone on sale.