Denarius, type 2, var 1


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

CARo _ LVS (inscribed in two lines separated by a line made up of three globules in the middle, a globule in the upper loop and another in the lower loop of the letter S).

AVE _ NI (monogram with the letter A and V mixed, followed by the letter I and the letter E retrograde, N and I mixed and below the letter A. A tilde under the monogram. A group of three globules in a triangle above and another below the letter E. One globule between each bar of the letter E (two in total); two globules to the left of the letter A, one globule under the tilde and another above NI. A cross to the left of NI, a line above the cross?).



Photo of a coin sold by Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6288402, link to their website: http://www.elsen.eu/.

 

Difficult to describe the globules on the reverse. Above the cross is a kind of line.

 

Attribution of the mint discussed. See my comment on type 2 here: https://www.all-your-coins.com/en/modern-coins/monnaies-carolingiennes/charlemagne-768-814/premiere-periode-768-781/denier/avignon/denier-type-2.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 1.000 2.000 3.000 5.000 ? ?