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Solidus Imitation of Louis the Pious
| Issuer | Frisia |
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| Year | 830-900 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered imitation of a Carolingian solidus obverse, depicting a stylized draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Louis the Pious facing right, rendered in a barbarous degenerate style characteristic of Frisian workshop production. The emperor's head is shown with schematic facial features, including a large eye and simplified drapery folds at the shoulder. A circular Latin legend surrounds the bust, the lettering debased and partially retrograde, reflecting the illiterate copying tradition of the period. The overall design is a distant derivative of the imperial portrait type established under Louis the Pious (814–840), reduced to a schematic effigy by successive copying. The flan is irregular and slightly convex. |
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| Obverse lettering | NHIIVVDOVSHNIAN (Translation: Our lord Louis august emperor...) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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