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Obol - Charles II Christian legend
| Issuer | Charles II (the Bald) |
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| Year | 840-864 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Charles the Bald inherited a fractured Carolingian realm after the Treaty of Verdun in 843 divided the empire among Louis the Pious's surviving sons. Monetary reform was an early priority: his 864 Edict of Pîtres overhauled the Frankish coinage system, restricting legal minting to royal-controlled sites and establishing tighter weight standards — this obol, as the half-denier fraction, falls within the pre-Pîtres production window when workshop control was considerably looser.
The Christian legend types of this reign are catalogued across a notably wide range of mint attributions, several still contested between Gariel and Prou.