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Denier - Charlemagne Bourges mint
| Issuer | Unified Carolingian Empire |
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| Year | 793-812 |
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| Diameter | 21.5 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the Carolingian monogram — a stylised royal cipher composed of the interlaced letters of KAROLVS — set within a raised beaded inner circle. The monogram is rendered in bold relief, its component letters elegantly interlocked in the manner typical of the reformed Carolingian denier series. The surrounding legend, reading clockwise in large Latin capitals, identifies the mint of issue. The reverse composition exemplifies the sophisticated epigraphic and monogrammatic conventions of the late 8th- to early 9th-century Carolingian monetary reform. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain, irregular |
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