Denarius, type 1 (M&V DLQ)

Obverse

Obverse legend

Reverse legend

Reverse

CARo _ LVS (inscribed in two lines).

M&V _ DLQ (inscribed in two lines separated by a line).

Photo of a coin sold by cgb.fr, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cgb.fr/charles-ier-dit-charlemagne-denier-tb-,v58_0001,a.html.

Another coin sold by OGN numimatique, link to the sale and their website: https://www.ogn-numismatique.com/article.asp?langue=en&article=8447.

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/btv1b104423537.r=charlemagne%20denier?rk=407727;2.

Two others 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=2440138&viewType=detailView. Link to the second coin: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2448431&viewType=detailView.

The reverse legend is uncertain. M&? V proposed by some experts, why not an L? I offer this letter without certainty. I have noted the legend proposed in certain works. Similarly DLQ seems more likely to me than Q and Q as cgb.fr noted, we can see that these are not two letters Q because their tails are in different directions. Even if we cannot emit any certainty ...