v60_0056 - LOUIS THE PIOUS Denier
MONNAIES 60 (2013)
Starting price : 3 800.00 €
Estimate : 7 500.00 €
Realised price : 4 200.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 4 200.00 €
Starting price : 3 800.00 €
Estimate : 7 500.00 €
Realised price : 4 200.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 4 200.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: circa 819-822
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Melle
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,74 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan légèrement voilé et large. Petit coup entre les deux L de METALLVM. Les traces de travail du coin et de polissage des champs sont encore visibles au revers. Une jolie patine grise recouvre cet exemplaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVDOVVICVS IMP AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et lauré de Louis à droite.
Obverse translation : (Louis empereur, auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + METALLVM.
Reverse description : deux coins et deux marteaux.
Reverse translation : (Melle).
Commentary
Exemplaire dans un état de conservation exceptionnel. Très certainement le plus bel exemplaire connu.
Historical background
LOUIS THE PIOUS
(01/25/814-06/20/840)
Louis, who had been king of Aquitaine since 781, became emperor without issue on the death of his father in 814, the only surviving legitimate son. In the first part of his reign, until the year 829, he continued the work of his father and his coinage. The birth of Charles from a second marriage in 823 with Judith of Bavaria will bring his other sons, Lothair, Pepin and Louis to revolt against him. He was dethroned twice in 830 and 833 and the kingdom remained divided until his death in 840.
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