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Denier - Louis I Melle mint, bust/minting tools
| Issuer | Unified Carolingian Empire |
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| Year | 814-818 |
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| Currency | Pound (751-843) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a coin blank placed between two monetary dies and flanked by two mint hammers, a distinctive type emblematic of the Melle mint and its silver-producing activity. The composition is arranged symmetrically around a central planchet, conveying the act of minting itself as a heraldic emblem. A cross pattée appears at the top of the composition, and the surrounding circular Latin legend reads METALLVM, identifying the mint at Melle, a major Carolingian silver-mining and minting centre in Poitou. The overall design is bold and well-centred despite the irregular flan. |
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| Mint | Melle (Deux-Sèvres, Poitou) |
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