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Denier - Pepin the Short Saint Stephen abbey of Bourges
| Issuer | Unified Carolingian Empire |
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| Year | 751-768 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Royal Carolingian monogram of Pepin the Short occupying the central field, surmounted by a horizontal bar. The monogram is composed of interlaced letters forming the abbreviated royal title, rendered in the characteristic Carolingian diplomatic style. The field is plain and unadorned beyond the central device. A beaded or dotted border encircles the periphery of the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Pépin III's reign marked the first systematic Carolingian effort to standardize silver coinage across the Frankish territories, though enforcement was uneven and local ecclesiastical mints operated with considerable autonomy. The abbey of Saint-Étienne at Bourges held minting privileges that predated Pépin's coronation, and coins struck under that authority occupy an awkward position — nominally royal issues, practically local ones.
The absence of reference numbers across Nouchy, Gariel, Morrison, and Prou almost certainly reflects a surviving specimen count low enough that no standard catalog has pinned down a firm type attribution.