Denarius, type 1


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

HLVDOVVICVS IMP (circular legend around a cross surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between the letters P and H).

BITV _ RIGES (inscribed in two lines).



Photo of a coin sold by iNumis, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5319740, link to their website: http://www.i-numis.com/.

 

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/btv1b10442414d.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=4742512;4. This coin, like others, has a small letter G on the reverse.

 

Several copies sold by different auction houses.

 

I show you here, two copies with a small letter o on the obverse and a letter D with a large vertical bar, beyond the loop. One copy sold by iNumis, llink to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1290926. Another copy preserved at the Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen of Berlin, link to the page of their website showing the photo of the coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10442413z.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=4699594;0.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
0 400 600 1.000 ? ? ?