Denarius, type 1, var 2


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 letter P and the letter H).

MELDIS (inscribed in one line, one globule between MEL and DIS)



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/btv1b104422420.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=4678134;4.

 

The only difference with type 1 is the presence of the globule on the reverse.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 ? ? ? ? ? ?

Seems never to have gone on sale.