Denier - Charles II Melun

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of West Francia (Carolingian Empire)
King	Charles II (843-877)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	864-875
Value	1 Denier (1⁄240)
Currency	Pound (840-987)
Composition	Silver
Weight	1.69 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 342733
References	Morrison# 864 Karl Frederick Morrison, Henry Grunthal; 1967. Carolingian Coinage / Volume 158. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , Prou Car# 370-372 Maurice Prou; 1896. Les monnaies carolingiennes. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France. , Gariel Car# XXXI/147 Ernest Gariel. Les Monnaies Royales de France sous la race Carolingienne. Imprimerie Typographique de G. Fischbach, Strasbourg, France (2 volumes). , Nouchy# 153 (p. 174) 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. , MEC I# 876 Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn; 2007. Medieval European Coinage / Volume 1: The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries): With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. , Depeyr Car# 633 Georges Depeyrot. Le numéraire carolingien (3 volumes).

Obverse

Monogram in a beaded circle, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ✠ GRΛTIΛ D-I REX

Unabridged legend: KAROLUS GRATIA DEI REX

Translation: Charles, king by God's grace.

Reverse

Cross in a beaded circle, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ✠ CΛSTELLO MILED

Translation: Castle of Melun.

Mint

Melun, France

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (864-875)												CΛSTEL MILIV
ND (864-875)												CΛSTELLO MILED

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