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Denier - Charlemagne Arles mint, City gate
| Issuer | Unified Carolingian Empire |
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| Year | 812-814 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped and laureate bust of Charlemagne facing right, rendered in a schematic Carolingian style characteristic of the late imperial portrait deniers. The emperor's laurel wreath and drapery folds are summarily but recognizably rendered in low relief. A circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy, reading clockwise from upper right, with a cross pattée as initial mark. The flan is irregularly shaped and slightly clipped at the rim, typical of hammered medieval coinage of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Schematic representation of a city gate — the distinctive type of the Arles mint — depicted frontally with a central arched portal flanked by two towers, each surmounted by a small turret or finial, rendered in the flat, stylized manner typical of Carolingian hammered silver. The architectural motif references the Roman city gates of Arles. A circular Latin legend surrounding the central design gives the abbreviated mint name. The flan exhibits the irregular planchet shape and surface texture characteristic of ninth-century hammered deniers. |
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