Denier - Charlemagne Dinant mint

Dinant, on the Meuse, was one of the lesser Carolingian minting centers active during the early phase of Charlemagne's reign, before his sweeping monetary reform of around 793–794 fundamentally restructured Frankish coinage. That reform — standardizing the denier at roughly 1.7 grams on a new, heavier pound standard — rendered all pre-reform issues instantly obsolete by weight alone. Coins from Dinant in this earlier, lighter phase are substantially rarer than their post-reform counterparts simply because the mint's output was modest and circulation was regional.