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Denier - Charles II Orleans mint, city gate
| Issuer | West Francia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 840-864 |
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| Weight | 1.54 g |
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| Obverse description | A plain cross pattée centered in the field, with a single pellet in each of the four quarters formed by the arms of the cross. The central motif is enclosed within a plain inner circle, surrounded by the royal legend in Carolingian minuscule characters. The overall design is characteristic of the Carolingian denier type, with the cross serving as the principal device. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ CΛRLVS REX FR (Translation: Charles, king of the Franks.) |
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Charles the Bald inherited a fractured kingdom from the 843 Partition of Verdun, and his monetary policy reflected the political emergency: the Edict of Pîtres in 864 fundamentally reorganized Carolingian coinage, restricting minting to a handful of authorized royal sites and effectively ending the proliferation of local issues. Orleans was among the permitted mints. This piece therefore dates no later than that edict — the reform that both rationalized and curtailed exactly this type of production.