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Denier - Pepin the Short Dax mint
| Issuer | Unified Carolingian Empire |
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| Year | 751-768 |
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| Currency | Pound (751-843) |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered field bearing the abbreviated royal inscription in large Latin letters, arranged across the coin face beneath a horizontal bar. The monogrammatic letters R and X are prominently displayed in the center, with the letter F to the right, collectively abbreviating the royal title Rex Francorum. The design is characteristic of early Carolingian coinage, with bold, unrefined letterforms typical of the Dax mint workshops under Pepin the Short. |
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| Reverse description | Hammered field displaying the mint abbreviation in large, boldly struck Latin letters beneath a horizontal bar, with a single pellet positioned below the legend. The letters A, Q, and S occupy the central field, serving as the abbreviated toponym for Aquis (Dax), identifying the issuing mint. The execution is characteristically rough and irregular, consistent with the provincial hammered coinage of the Frankish realm during the reign of Pepin the Short. |
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| Mintage | ND (751-768) |
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