Denarius, type 1


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

DN KARLVS IMP AVG REX F ET L (laureate and draped bust of Charlemagne to the right. A cross between the letters L and D).

XPICTIANA RELIGIO (circular legend around a tetrastyle temple on two degrees and surmounted by a cross (separating the letters O and X). A cross in the middle of the temple).



Photo of the copy preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (public domain), link to the page of their website showing the photo of the coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10413819k.r=charlemagne%20denier?rk=64378;0.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
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Seems never to have gone on sale.