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Denier - Louis IV Saintes mint
| Issuer | West Francia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 936-954 |
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| Reference(s) | Nouchy#24 (p.296), Gariel Car#LVIII/2, Morrison#1648, PA#LVIII/10-13, Depeyr Car#911 |
| Obverse description | Central field features a plain cross pattée enclosed within a beaded inner circle, dividing the field into four quarters. The surrounding legend reads +LODOICVS, identifying the issuing ruler Louis IV d'Outremer, rendered in Carolingian capital letters between the inner and outer beaded borders. The coin is struck on an irregular flan typical of Carolingian hammered coinage, with slight weakness in parts of the legend. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a cross pattée within a beaded inner circle, consistent with standard Carolingian denier typology. The surrounding legend reads +SANTIC, an abbreviated form of Santicus or Saintes (Mediolanum Santonum), denoting the mint of Saintes. The lettering is rendered in Carolingian capitals between two beaded circles, on an irregular hammered flan characteristic of tenth-century West Frankish coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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