Denier - Charlemagne Condé-sur-l'Escaut

Condé-sur-l'Escaut — known in Carolingian documents as Condatum — was one of the active minting points in the early part of Charlemagne's reign, before the monetary reform of roughly 793–794 fundamentally reorganized the Frankish coinage system. That reform, tied directly to the introduction of the heavier pound standard, rendered earlier light-weight deniers like this one officially obsolete almost overnight. Surviving examples circulated briefly and were largely withdrawn, which partly explains why pre-reform Carolingian pieces from secondary mints survive in comparatively small numbers.