Record ID: CORN-079B27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: 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 horizintal 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…
Created on: Saturday 7th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
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