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Denier - Pepin the Short Chartres mint, RxF/CARN
| Issuer | Carolingian Monarchy |
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| Year | 751-768 |
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| Currency | Pound (751-843) |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing the mint name CARN in bold, angular Carolingian capital letters arranged across the field, denoting the Chartres mint (Carnutes being the ancient Latin designation for Chartres). A cross is visible within the lettering arrangement, a common device on Carolingian deniers of this period. The flan is irregular with a small fissure at the rim, typical of hammered silver coinage of the era. The border consists of a beaded or pellet ring encircling the design. The overall style reflects the standardized epigraphic denier type introduced by Pepin the Short following his assumption of the Frankish throne in 751. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Pépin le Bref's monetary reform of around 755 reorganized Frankish coinage around royal authority, suppressing the chaotic output of independent moneyers that had characterized the Merovingian period. The Chartres mint — operating under the civitas Carnutum — was among the royal establishments brought under this tighter administrative structure, which is precisely why so few pre-reform survivors exist to compare against.
The absence of a Prou reference here is telling. Prou's catalogue remains a standard anchor for Carolingian attribution, and coins that fall outside it tend to occupy contested ground among specialists.