Denarius, type 1, var 3


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. One globule in the upper right corner of the middle cross).

CAMA _ RACVS (inscribed in two lines, one globule between CAMA and RACVS).



Photo of a coin sold by Jean Elsen, link to the sale and their website: http://www.elsen.eu/Auction-141/-961-1511-FRANCE/-961-975-MEROVINGIENS-CAROLINGIENS/emodule/3995/eitem/91116. The dot above the cross separating the legend is a die break.

 

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/btv1b104125337.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=729617;2. The globule on the reverse is present but very erased.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 100 300 500 ? ? ?