Denier - Charles II St Peter Abbey of Corbie

The Abbey of Corbie, founded in 657 near Amiens, held minting rights confirmed under Carolingian authority — one of a handful of ecclesiastical establishments permitted to strike coin in their own precinct during the reign of Charles II. The Edict of Pîtres in 864 was a defining moment for this coinage: Charles attempted to rationalize Frankish minting by restricting production to a limited number of authorized locations, and Corbie was among those that survived the cull.

Ecclesiastical deniers of this period are frequently underrepresented in die studies relative to royal issues from the same reign.