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Denier - Charles II Saint Andochius monastery of Autun
| Issuer | West Francia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 864-875 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a plain Latin cross with equal arms in high relief, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The cross arms extend nearly to the inner circle, dividing the central field into four equal quadrants. A circular Latin legend surrounds the beaded circle, reading clockwise from a cross pattée, identifying the monastic issuing authority of Saint Andochius at Autun. The composition is characteristic of Carolingian ecclesiastical deniers struck under the monetary reform of the Edict of Pîtres. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Charles II — Charles the Bald — issued this denier under authority granted by the Edict of Pîtres in 864, which radically centralized Carolingian minting by suppressing unofficial and ecclesiastical issues and restricting production to royally authorized sites. Saint-Andoche of Autun was among the limited number of monasteries that retained minting rights under the new regime, making this a product of deliberate political concession rather than routine ecclesiastical privilege.
Autun's mint output from this period survives in small numbers, consistent with a house of modest economic scale operating under tight royal oversight.