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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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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | LEO PA ✠ SCS PETRVS (Translation: Pope Leo. Saint Peter.) |
| Reverse description | Central field occupied by the Carolingian PIVS monogram, composed of interlaced capital letters forming a decorative cipher within a plain inner circle, a device widely used on Carolingian imperial coinage to denote the emperor's epithet. The monogram is surrounded by a beaded border, beyond which the outer legend reads PIVS and HLOTHARIVS IP, identifying Lothair I as pious emperor and affirming the joint authority of pope and emperor on this issue. The legend is separated by a cross and arranged in the customary circular fashion of ninth-century Frankish-influenced papal deniers. The flan is irregular and the strike somewhat uneven, consistent with hammered production at the Rome mint during this period. |
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