bca_321965 - CHARLEMAGNE Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 3 000.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 3 000.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 781-800
Mint name / Town : Bourges
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 1,66 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré. Petit coup au revers à 6 heures. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CARLVS RE.X FR.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi des Francs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BITVRICAS, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 7 HEURES).
Reverse description : Monogramme carolin (KAROLVS).
Reverse translation : (Bourges).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire a une légende fautive, avec + CARLVS REX R à la place de + CARLVS REX FR
Le seul autre exemplaire sans les croissants en cantonnement de la croix est le n° 801 de MONNAIES 28, vendu 3080€ sur un ordre de 4000€.
This example has a faulty legend, with + CARLVS REX R instead of + CARLVS REX FR The only other example without the crescents in the quartering of the cross is n° 801 of MONNAIES 28, sold for €3,080 on an order of €4,000
Le seul autre exemplaire sans les croissants en cantonnement de la croix est le n° 801 de MONNAIES 28, vendu 3080€ sur un ordre de 4000€.
This example has a faulty legend, with + CARLVS REX R instead of + CARLVS REX FR The only other example without the crescents in the quartering of the cross is n° 801 of MONNAIES 28, sold for €3,080 on an order of €4,000
Historical background
CHARLEMAGNE
(09/24/768-01/28/814)
Charles became king in 768 on the death of his father Pepin the Short and shared the kingdom with his brother Carloman (768-771) under the watchful eye of their mother Berthe au grand pied. Carloman died in 771. From 773, Charles attacked the Lombard kingdom and captured Pavia the following year by dethroning Didier. He is crowned king of the Lombards and confirms Constantine's donation to Rome. The first expedition to Spain in 778 ended in failure (Roncesvalles). In 781, he named Pépin king of Italy and Louis, king of Aquitaine. In 788, he annexed Bavaria after deposing the duke. He led a great crusade against the Saxons between 782 and 803. The latter converted to Christianity. On December 25, 800, he was crowned emperor in Rome by Leo III but it was not until 812 that his title was recognized by Michael I (811-813) of Byzantium. Charles, already old, wants to settle his inheritance between his three sons, but Pépin and Charles precede him in death. In 814, it was Louis who inherited the empire unified by Charlemagne.
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