bca_814209 - LOUIS THE PIOUS Denier à la légende chrétienne
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Price : 280.00 €
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Price : 280.00 €
Type : Denier à la légende chrétienne
Date: c. 822-840
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,48 g.
Coments on the condition:
Denier frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Très beaux reliefs malgré quelques faiblesses au revers. Jolie patine grise et irisée par endroit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + HLVDOVVICVS IMP.
Obverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre besants.
Obverse translation : (Louis, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +PISTIANA RELIGIO.
Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle avec un fronton triangulaire sommé d'une croisette, une croix au centre posée sur deux degrés.
Reverse translation : (Religion chrétienne).
Commentary
Les deux premières lettres de la légende de l’avers, “H” et “L” ont fusionné.
The first two letters of the obverse legend, “H” and “L” have merged
The first two letters of the obverse legend, “H” and “L” have merged
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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