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 letter P and the letter H).

VEN _ ECIAS (inscribed in two lines, a cross to the left of the letter V).

Photo of a coin sold by Classical Numismatic Group, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=350099.

Another copy 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=2355509&viewType=detailView. As on other coins with the variant "globule on the reverse", the letter M on the obverse is improperly inscribed. We see two bars ''I'', the last of which is linked to the letter P by the form ''v'' supposed to represent the middle of the letter M.

Fifth other copies preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (public domain), link to the page of their website showing the photo of the first coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b104137211.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=793995;2. Copy also having the letter M shifted and pasted to the letter P (see comment on the copy of the Berlin Museum). Link to the second coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10413723x.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=2660957;2. Link to the third coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10413722g.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=2897010;0 (no globule on the reverse, probably a defect like the one in front of the letter C on the reverse). Link to the first coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b104137179.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=4785431;2. Link to the fifth coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10413718r.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=5171699;2.

Several copies sold by different auction houses.