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Denier - Charlemagne Lyon mint, LUGDUN
| Issuer | Unified Carolingian Empire |
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| Year | 771-793 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (1⁄240) |
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| Obverse description | Two lines of inscription occupy the entire field, reading CARO in the upper register and LVS in the lower, rendered in large, bold hammered Carolingian capital letters. The legends are arranged without a surrounding border, the letters filling the flan in a characteristic early Carolingian monogram-like disposition. The surface is flat and undecorated aside from the royal name of Charlemagne, expressed in its abbreviated Latin form. No effigy or symbolic motif is present, consistent with the pre-portrait coinage of the first phase of Charlemagne's reign. The flan is irregular in outline, typical of hand-struck deniers of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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