Denier - Louis I Toulouse; crosses

Features

Issuer	Unified Carolingian Empire
Emperor	Louis I (Hludovicus) (814-840)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	818-823
Value	1 Denier (1⁄240)
Currency	Pound (751-843)
Composition	Silver
Weight	1.66 g
Diameter	20.6 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 339578
References	Prou Car# 805 Maurice Prou; 1896. Les monnaies carolingiennes. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France. , Depeyr Car# 996 Georges Depeyrot. Le numéraire carolingien (3 volumes). , Nouchy# 68 (p. 104) Patrick Nouchy; 1994. Les rois carolingiens de Francie occidentale: De Pépin le Bref à Louis V (751-987) = The Carolingian kings of West Francia. Éditions du Grenier Durocasse, Dreux, France. , Morrison# 419 Karl Frederick Morrison, Henry Grunthal; 1967. Carolingian Coinage / Volume 158. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , Gariel Car# XIX/125 Ernest Gariel. Les Monnaies Royales de France sous la race Carolingienne. Imprimerie Typographique de G. Fischbach, Strasbourg, France (2 volumes).

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Obverse

Cross in a beaded circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ✠ HLVDOVVICVS IMP

Unabridged legend: LUDOVICUS IMPERATOR

Translation: Louis,emperor.

Reverse

Cross in a beaded circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ✠ TOLVSA CIVI

Translation: City of Toulouse.

Mint

Toulouse, France (?-1837)

Comments

Grierson hypothesizes that these two-cross types, known only from the workshops of Melle and Toulouse, are errors in the second monetary type of Louis the Pious (period 818-823). Automatically translated

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (818-823)

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