Denarius, type 1, var 1 (monogram Karolus)


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

CARLVS REX FR (circular legend around the Karolus monogram (2) surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between FR and CARLVS).

QVANTOVVIC (circular legend around a cross surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between the letters C and Q).



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/btv1b10412622r/f2.item. This coin has a dot in the diamond of the monogram, this may be a defect of the coin and not something present at the origin. In doubt, i choosed to note it as a real point

 

Monograms Karolus:

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

(2) With a dot in the diamond on the middle.

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

 

An old work gives a similar coin but the legend QVANTOVVICO, error or other coin?


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