Denier - Charlemagne Chartres mint, KARETES

Chartres — ancient Autricum, capital of the Carnutes — operated as a royal mint under the early Carolingians, though its output from Charlemagne's first regnal years is poorly documented and survives in very small numbers. This piece falls within the three-year window before the death of Carloman I in 771 consolidated sole Frankish kingship under Charlemagne, a period when the brothers ruled divided territories and mint activity reflects the administrative fragmentation of that arrangement. The Nouchy reference without a Morrison or Gariel match signals genuine rarity rather than cataloguing oversight.