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Denier - Leo IV and emperor Lothair I PIVS monogram
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 847-855 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | PIVS ✠ HLOTHARIVS IP (Translation: Lothaire, pious emperor.) |
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Leo IV's pontificate was defined almost entirely by the Arab sack of St. Peter's Basilica in 846, the very event that prompted his famous construction of the Leonine Wall to fortify the Vatican. The joint coinage with Lothair I reflects a political arrangement rather than genuine shared authority — Leo needed Frankish military backing, and Lothair needed papal legitimacy following the fratricidal wars that had split the Carolingian empire after Louis the Pious died in 840.
Lothair died in 855, making this a narrow eight-year window for the type.