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Denier - Louis I christian legend
| Uitgever | Unified Carolingian Empire |
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| Jaar | 814-818 |
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| Valuta | Pound (751-843) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Draped and laureate bust of Louis the Pious facing right, rendered in a classical Roman imperial style. The emperor is depicted wearing a laurel wreath and paludamentum, with finely incised drapery folds visible at the shoulder and chest. The effigy occupies the central field, with the surrounding circular legend running along the inner beaded border. The portrait reflects the deliberate Carolingian revival of Roman imperial iconography, asserting Louis's authority as a Christian augustus. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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Struck in the immediate aftermath of Charlemagne's death in January 814, this denier belongs to the earliest phase of Louis the Pious's sole reign, before the monetary reforms of 818–819 that restructured Carolingian silver coinage across the empire. The "christian legend" type — replacing the cross-and-monogram arrangement of earlier issues — reflects a deliberate ideological shift under Louis, whose court theologians pushed for more explicitly religious articulation on official coinage. Whether this represented genuine piety or calculated political messaging from a ruler still consolidating power after his father's shadow is a question the coins themselves cannot settle.