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Denier - Charlemagne Pavia mint

Issuer Unified Carolingian Empire
Year 793-812
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Diameter 20 mm
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Obverse lettering ✠ CARLVS REX FR
(Translation: Charles, king of the Franks.)
Reverse description Central field displays the Carolingian monogram of Charlemagne — a stylised Christogram-like device composed of the interlaced letters of KAROLVS — enclosed within a raised beaded inner circle. Four star-like or lozenge ornaments appear in the angles between the arms of the underlying cross structure, lending the design a cruciform framework. The outer legend ✠ PAPIA, the Latin toponym for Pavia, identifies the mint and is rendered in Roman capitals around the periphery. The reverse is typical of the reformed Carolingian denier coinage struck at Italian mints under Charlemagne's monetary reorganisation of 793–794.
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