Denarius, type 3 (METVLLO . monogram Karolus)


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

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

METVLLO (circular legend around the Karolus monogram (1) surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between the letters O and M).



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/btv1b104423715.r=charlemagne%20denier?rk=257512;0.

 

Monograms Karolus:

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

(2) With the letter A inscribed at the top in the diamond on the middle.

(3) With the letter A inscribed on the left in the diamond on the middle.

 

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/btv1b10442368w.r=charlemagne%20denier?rk=1201722;4.


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

Seems never to have gone on sale.