Denarius, type 1, var 3 (monogram Karolus)

Obverse

Obverse legend

Reverse legend

Reverse

CARLVS REX FR (circular legend with the letter S inclined, around the Karolus monogram (3) surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between FR and CARLVS).

QVANTO?VVVO (circular legend around a cross surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between the letters C and Q. Two large dots in front of each branch of the middle cross. A point in the letter Q and in each letter O).

Photo of a coin sold by Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4172862, link to their website: http://www.elsen.eu/.

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.

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/btv1b104126147.r=charlemagne%20denier?rk=2167392;4. Carolus monogram? It seems that there is a small offset, the two vertical bars of the starting letter of the monogram, do not start directly from each end. So I classified this monogram as Karolus, but without certainty.

The reverse legend is degenerate and difficult to read.