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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-E96645
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An early-medieval silver Carolingian denier of monogram type struck for either Charlemagne (768-814) dating to c.793-814 or Charles the Bald (840-77) dating 840-c.864. Minted at Melle, France. Ref: Coupland 2015.
The inscriptions are oriented in the standard manner for these coins, with the R, S and X on the obverse located at the ends of the horizontal and lower arms of the central cross, and the initial cross on the reverse at 1 o'clock (if the monogram is horizontal).
Cf. Grierson and Blackburn, 1986, p.544, pl.42, no.926 for style, tentatively attributed there to Charles the Bald.
Notes:
Coupland (2015) notes that the attribution of single finds of the monogram types for Charlemagne and Charles the Bald remains as good as impossible owing to distinct similarities of consistent inscription, style and metallurgy. This coin is, as a result, as fully identified as possible.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 793
Date to: AD 864
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 1.52 g
Diameter: 20.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th January 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denier
Ruler/issuer: Charles the Bald
Type: Silver denier of Charles the Bald
Obverse description: central cross pattée within circle of pellets within legend
Obverse inscription: +CARLVS REX FR
Reverse description: KAROLVS monogram (K R L S) joined by chevron in the centre within circle of pellets within legend
Reverse inscription: +METVLLO // K R L S
Initial mark: cross pattée
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Porthleven (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW6226
Four figure Latitude: 50.086336
Four figure longitude: -5.328448
1:25K map: SW6226
1:10K map: SW66SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coupland, S. | 2015 | Attributing the Melle coins of Charlemagne and Charles the Bald, particularly single finds from the Netherlands | Amsterdam | oninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Munt- en Penningkunde | |||
| Grierson, P. and Blackburn, M.A.S. | 1986 | Medieval European Coinage, Volume I. The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries) | Cambridge | Cambridge University Press | 544, Plate 42, | No.927 |
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