Denarius


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

CARo _ LVS (inscribed in two lines with the letter L inverted).

MAV _ RIN (inscribedn in two lines, the letters A and V linked and the letter N with curved upper part of the right horizontal bar).



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/btv1b10412410p.r=charlemagne%20denier?rk=2210311;2. This coin has the same dies as the illustration of Patrick Nouchy in his book ''Les Rois Carolingiens de Francie Occidentale'' de Pépin Le Bref à Louis V (751 - 987) page 56. It is most probably the same coin, the author of which did not represent the entire blank, stopped at the beading and corrected the break in the blank.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
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Seems never to have gone on sale.