Denarius, type 1

Obverse

Obverse legend

Reverse legend

Reverse

CARo _ LVS (inscribed in two lines).

AR _ DIS (inscribed in two lines, the letters A and R under a tilde)

Photo of a coin sold by Classical Numismatic Group, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=273387.

The line above the letters A and R on the reverse is a tilde. The tilde is better represented on 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/btv1b10413655p.r=charlemagne%20denier?rk=300430;4.