LEIC-9F7227: Early Medieval silver denier of Charles the Bald

Rights Holder: Leicestershire County Council
CC License:


Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

COIN

Unique ID: LEIC-9F7227

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

An early medieval silver denier of Charlemagne, Milan mint, 793-814AD.

Ref MEC 1.743, Morrison and Grunthal 212. A similar coin was found at Woodnesborough, Kent: EMC 2007:0266.

Notes:

I am grateful to Simon Coupland for the identification and references.

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Subsequent actions

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
Ascribed Culture: Carolingian style
Date from: Circa AD 793
Date to: Circa AD 814

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.42 g
Diameter: 21 mm

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Ruler/issuer: Charlemagne

Obverse description: Cross patee? in circle of pellets
Obverse inscription: +CARLVS REX FR
Reverse description: Karolvs monogram in circle of pellets
Reverse inscription: MEDI[] O[] L

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Grimston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK6821
Four figure Latitude: 52.78230625
Four figure longitude: -0.9932637
1:25K map: SK6821
1:10K map: SK62SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: CORN-37EF49
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
An early-medieval silver Carolingian denier of Karolus monogram /METVLLO type (MG1063, MEC 1.923-933) struck for either Charlemagne ( AD 768-…
Workflow: PublishedFind published

Find number: CORN-FBB69F
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
An early-medieval silver Carolingian denier of Charles the Bald (840-77) or Charlemagne (768-814), Karolus Monogram type (Morrison and Grunth…
Workflow: PublishedFind published

Find number: CORN-E96645
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
An early-medieval silver Carolingian denier of monogram type struck for either Charlemagne (768-814) dating to c.793-814 or Charles the Bald …
Workflow: PublishedFind published

Timeline of associated dates

Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.