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Denier - Charlemagne Narbonne mint
| Issuer | Unified Carolingian Empire |
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| Year | 768-771 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the mint abbreviation NRB, standing for Narbonne, arranged within the quadrants of a prominent double-lined cross that divides the field into four sections. A cross pattée or ornamental crosslet terminates the legend, serving both as a punctuation mark and a devotional symbol. The lettering is boldly executed in angular Latin capitals, consistent in style with the obverse, though showing the irregularities typical of hand-engraved early medieval dies. Small pellets are visible in the peripheral field, likely remnants of a beaded border or incidental die decoration. The overall composition reflects the standard Carolingian denier type associated with the mint of Narbonne under Charlemagne's earliest regal issues. |
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These early deniers, struck in the first years of Charlemagne's sole reign before the monetary reforms of the 790s standardized weight and module across the empire, reflect the inherited Pepin the Short coinage system still in use at regional mints. Narbonne had only recently been recovered from Umayyad control — the city fell back to Frankish hands in 759 after a siege lasting nearly seven years — and its mint reactivation under Carolingian authority was as much a political statement as an economic one.