bca_234696 - AQUITAINE - KINGDOM OF AQUITAINE - LOUIS Denier

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Price : 3 500.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 781-794

Mint name / Town : Saint-Étienne de Bourges

Metal : silver

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 0,77 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et présente un manque de métal. Exemplaire avec deux traces de pliures et recouvert d’une patine grise hétérogène. Le revers présente une surface granuleuse

Catalogue references :

G.- - Prou.- - MG.- - Dp.214 p. 185

Predigree :

Exemplaire de MONNAIES 44, n° 4

Obverse

Obverse legend : . / HLV / DVIH / ..

Obverse description : en quatre lignes, dans le champ.

Obverse translation : (Louis).

Reverse

Reverse description : Monogramme de Saint-Étienne dans le champ.

Reverse translation : (Saint-Étienne).

Historical background

AQUITAINE - KINGDOM OF AQUITAINE - LOUIS

(781-814)

Louis, born in 778, was crowned King of Aquitaine in 781 by Pope Adrian. In 814, he became emperor on the death of his father Charlemagne, as he was 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.