Denarius, type 3 (MOLDVS)
CARo _ LVS (incribed in two lines).
MOLDVS (circular legend around a cross with a hollow in the center).
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/btv1b10442350w.r=charlemagne%20denier?rk=3412034;0.
For type 3, var 1 which has the same legend but anti-clockwise, Cgb.fr offers the reverse legend MSVQDQ, possibly borrowed from old works. For my part, I think more likely that the legend should be read in the other direction. MSVQDQ is quite far from the names used for this city. MELODVS or METTALO. Considering the letters V and S which constitute the end of the name, we have a legend anti-clockwise. That sometimes happens for Carolingian coins... So I give the legend: MOLDVS or MOLOVS. It is difficult to dissociate the letters Q, O and D on this coinage. For example METTALO has a letter O with the shape of a letter Q .. I chose to write MOLDVS as the legend.
| N° | G | F | XF 40 | AU 58 | MS 63 | MS 65 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Seems never to have gone on sale.