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| Emittent | Unified Carolingian Empire |
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| Jahr | 751-768 |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Aversbeschreibung | The obverse displays the royal monogram 'RP' (Rex Pipinus) in large, bold letters occupying the central field, surmounted by a horizontal bar. The monogram is surrounded by a border of raised pellets arranged around the full circumference of the flan, consistent with early Carolingian hammered coinage style. The field is otherwise plain, with the monogram rendered in the characteristic angular interlace typical of Pepin the Short's regal issues. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Pépin III seized the Frankish throne in 751 with papal blessing — the first Carolingian king, crowned by Boniface of Mainz while the last Merovingian was shunted into a monastery. These deniers from Reims represent his systematic overhaul of Frankish coinage, wresting minting authority away from the bishops and magnates who had fragmented it across hundreds of small local issues. The reform placed production under royal control and established the weight standard that his son Charlemagne would later codify into the famous pound-of-240-deniers system.
The Reims attribution rests on the RP monogram, read as Remis or Rems by Gariel and subsequent catalogers.