Denier - Louis I Marseille

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	1.63 g
Diameter	21.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 8264
References	MEC I# 773 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. , Morrison# 444 Karl Frederick Morrison, Henry Grunthal; 1967. Carolingian Coinage / Volume 158. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , Nouchy# 28 (p. 93) 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. , Gariel Car# XVI/65 Ernest Gariel. Les Monnaies Royales de France sous la race Carolingienne. Imprimerie Typographique de G. Fischbach, Strasbourg, France (2 volumes). , Prou Car# 886 Maurice Prou; 1896. Les monnaies carolingiennes. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France.

Obverse

Cross pattée.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ✠ HLVDOVVICVS IMP

Unabridged legend: LUDOVICUS IMPERATOR

Translation: Louis, emperor.

Reverse

Caption in two lines. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MASS
ILIA

Translation: Marseille.

Mint

Marseille, France (?-1858)

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

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