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Denier - Louis I Pavia mint, City gate
| Issuer | Unified Carolingian Empire |
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| Year | 814-818 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Louis I (the Pious) facing right, rendered in a schematic late-antique style typical of early Carolingian coinage. The emperor is depicted wearing a diadem with flowing ribbons and a paludamentum fastened at the shoulder. The portrait occupies the central field with the circumferential Latin legend HLVDDOVICVS IMP AVG arranged around the periphery. The engraving reflects the revival of imperial Roman iconographic conventions under the Carolingian renaissance. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, as characteristic of hammered silver issues of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | HLVDDOVICVS IMP AVG (Translation: Louis, emperor august.) |
| Reverse description | A schematic representation of a city gate or porta, depicted frontally with a central arched doorway flanked by two towers, each surmounted by a small finial or turret. The gateway design is a well-known type associated with the Pavia mint under the Carolingian rulers, evoking the Roman tradition of civic architectural imagery. The legend PAPIA, the Latin name for Pavia, is distributed around the gate motif in the field. A cross pattée appears at the base of the design, below the gate structure, serving both as a religious symbol and a design element. The overall composition is characteristic of the Pavia mint issues of Louis I, struck on an irregular hammered flan. |
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