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Obol - Charles II Palace mint
| Issuer | West Francia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 864-875 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Carolingian royal monogram of Charles II (the Bald) occupying the central field, rendered in interlaced capital letters characteristic of the Carolingian diplomatic tradition, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The monogram, formed from the letters of KAROLUS, is boldly struck in high relief with a somewhat irregular hammered surface. A Latin legend circles the periphery outside the beaded border, beginning with a cross pattée. The epigraphy is executed in Carolingian majuscules typical of the Palace mint issues of the 860s–870s. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ GRΛTIΛ D-I REX (Translation: Charles, king by God`s grace.) |
| Reverse description | A plain cross with equal arms occupies the center of the field, struck in high relief within a beaded inner circle, consistent with the standardized Carolingian monetary reform types of the Edict of Pîtres (864). The cross divides the inner field into four quadrants, each plain. A circumscribed Latin legend in Carolingian majuscules runs around the periphery outside the beaded border, beginning with a cross pattée, identifying the Palace mint. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, as is characteristic of hammered coinage of this period. |
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