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Denier - Pepin I bust and temple
| Issuer | Aquitaine, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 818 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ PIPINVS REX (Translation: Pepin, king...) |
| Reverse description | A schematic temple or church facade occupies the central field, depicted in the Carolingian architectural style with a triangular pediment and colonnaded base rendered in low relief. The structure is presented frontally and serves as the primary type device, referencing the royal or ecclesiastical authority of the issuer. The legend is disposed around the periphery, partially legible on this example due to the irregular flan and die wear. A cross pattée precedes the inscription. The execution is characteristic of hammered Aquitanian deniers of the early 9th century. |
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Pépin I of Aquitaine received his sub-kingdom from his father Louis the Pious in 817, the same year Louis issued the Ordinatio Imperii — a document restructuring Carolingian succession that made Pépin's position nominally secure but ultimately subordinate. This denier, struck just a year later, is among the earliest issues of his reign and reflects the Carolingian monetary reform initiated under Charlemagne, which standardized the silver denier across Frankish-controlled territories. Pépin's Aquitanian issues are catalogued under multiple overlapping reference systems precisely because the regional minting administration remained administratively distinct from the imperial core.