Denier - Charles II / Charles III Metz mint

Denier - Charles II / Charles III (Metz mint) - obverseDenier - Charles II / Charles III (Metz mint) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Lotharingia (Carolingian States)
King Charles II the Bald (869-870)
Charles III the Simple (911-923)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 869-922
Value 1 Denier (1⁄240)
Currency Pound (855-959)
Composition Silver
Weight 1.52 g
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
80166
References Morrison# 1358-1360; 1363,
Karl Frederick Morrison, Henry Grunthal; 1967. Carolingian Coinage. American Numismatic Society, New York, United States.
Nouchy# 155-156 (p. 175),
Patrick Nouchy; 1994. Les rois carolingiens de Francie occidentale : De Pépin le Bref à Louis V (751-987) = The Carolingian kings of West Francia : From Pepin the Short to Louis V (751-987). Éditions du Grenier Durocasse, Dreux.
Prou Car# 131-132,
Maurice Prou; 1896. Les monnaies carolingiennes. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France.
Gariel Car# L/47-48; XXXI/149,
Ernest Gariel; 1883. Les Monnaies Royales de France sous la race Carolingienne / 1ère partie. Imprimerie Typographiquede G. Fischbach, Strasbourg, France.
And 1 more volumes.
Kluge Kar# 4
Bernd Kluge; 1991. Deutsche Münzgeschichte von der späten Karolingerzeit bis zum Ende der Salier (ca. 900 bis 1125). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen, Germany.

Obverse

Monogram in a beaded circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ✠ GRΛTIΛ D-I IX

Unabridged legend: KAROLUS GRATIA DEI REX

Translation: Charles, king by the grace of God.

Reverse

Cross with a pellet in fourth quarter, in a beaded circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ✠ IIETTIS CIVITΛS

Translation: City of Metz.

Mint

Metz, France (?-1803)

Comments

Charles II was crowned King of Lotharingia in Metz in 869. Charles III also, in 912.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (869-922)  (fr) Nouchy #155A : IETTIS CIVITΛS
ND (869-922)  (fr) Nouchy #155B : IIETTIS CIVIT
ND (869-922)  (fr) Nouchy #155C : IIETTIS CIVITΛS
ND (869-922)  (fr) Nouchy #155D : METTIS CIVITΛS
ND (869-922)  (fr) Nouchy #156 : IIETTIS CIVITΛS / croix cantonnée d'un besant

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