Catalog
Denier - Carloman I Angers mint
| Issuer | Unified Carolingian Empire |
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| Year | 768-771 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing the mint monogram ANDE, an interlaced cipher for Andecavis (Angers), rendered in bold raised relief with the letters intertwined in the Carolingian manner. A group of thirteen pellets is arranged in a vertical row to the right of the monogram within the field. A cross pattée appears to the left as an introductory mark. The entire design is contained within a beaded circle border, consistent with early Carolingian denier coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Carloman I ruled jointly with his brother Charlemagne following the death of Pepin the Short in 768, a co-kingship that was geographically divided along Frankish tradition rather than governed as a single administrative unit. Carloman held the eastern and southern portions of the kingdom, but the Angers mint fell within Charlemagne's territory — making attribution of this piece to Carloman's authority a point of ongoing numismatic debate, reflected in the multiple reference disagreements across Gariel, Morrison, and Depeyre.
Carloman died in December 771, and Charlemagne immediately absorbed his brother's kingdom entire, his widow and sons fleeing to the Lombard court of Desiderius.