Denier, type 1, var 1 (monogram Karolus)


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).

NARBONA (circular legend around the Karolus monogram (1) surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between the letters A and N).



Photo of a coin sold by cgb.fr, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cgb.fr/charles-ier-dit-charlemagne-denier-ttb-,bca_382760,a.html.

 

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.

 

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=2449037&viewType=detailView, link to the second coin: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2449038&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/btv1b10413574p.r=charlemagne%20denier?rk=236052;4.

 

Another coin sold by Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., link to the sale and their website: http://www.elsen.eu/Auction-135/-630-727-MOYEN-AGE-MIDDLE-AGES/emodule/2561/eitem/59960.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 900 1.500 2.500 ? ? ?