Denarius, type 4


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

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

METALLVM (circular legend around a cross surrounded by a circle made up of dots, a cross between the two letters M).



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/btv1b104423984.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=5386292;4.

 

Two 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/btv1b10442397p.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=5407752;0. Link to the second coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10442399k.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=5536508;0 (letter A on the reverse badly inscribed or partially erased).

 

One coin sold by cgb.fr, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cgb.fr/louis-ier-le-pieux-ou-le-debonnaire-obole-ttb-ttb,v46_0010,a.html.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 100 200 300 ? ? ?