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Denier - Franco
| Issuer | Corbie, Abbey of |
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| Year | 890-898 |
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| Weight | 1.52 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | ✠ CORBIENSIS (Translation: Corbie.) |
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Corbie Abbey, founded in 657 AD near Amiens, held minting rights granted by Carolingian royal authority — a privilege the abbey defended fiercely through successive reigns. This issue falls within the reign of Odo of Paris, the first non-Carolingian to hold the Frankish throne, elected by the magnates in 888 following Charles the Fat's deposition. Whether Corbie's mint acknowledged Odo or continued striking under residual Carolingian sanction during this contested transition is a question the coins themselves rarely resolve cleanly.