Denarius, type 1


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

HLVDOVVICVS IMP AVG (Laureate and draped bust of Louis The Pious on the right).

TOLVSA (circular legend around a city gate with a cross in the middle and another below the door).



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/btv1b104135235.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=2961388;0.

 

Two other copies preserved at the Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen of Berlin, link to the page of their website showing the photo of the coin:: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2376315&viewType=detailView (it is the copy illustrated in the old works). Link to the second coin: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2355487&viewType=detailView.

 

One coin sold by cgb.fr, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cgb.fr/louis-ier-le-pieux-ou-le-debonnaire-denier-ttb,bca_564652,a.html.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 3.000 4.000 5.000 ? ? ?