bca_436537 - LOUIS THE PIOUS Obole à la légende chrétienne
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Type : Obole à la légende chrétienne
Date: c. 822-840
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,70 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise présentant d’assez hauts reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : + LDVCS IMP.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Louis empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ICANA RELCIO.
Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle avec un fronton triangulaire sommé d'une croisette, une croix au centre posée sur un degrés.
Reverse translation : (Religion chrétienne).
Commentary
Cette obole, ne présentant pas de besant en cantonnement de la croix du droit, peut correspondre au très rare denier sans cantonnement attribué par Georges Depeyrot (n° 1201) à Louis l’Aveugle, roi de Provence (890-929).
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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