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FRANCE - LOUIS THE PIOUS - DENIER PAVIA - NGC AU58 - TOP POP
- Condition: AU
- Grade: NGC AU58
- Date: c. 819-822
- Mint: Pavia
- Metal: Silver
- Weight (g): 1.27
- Diameter (mm): nc
- Reference(s): Prou 902 / MG 447
- Rarity: R2
Louis the Pious (814-840), denier struck at Pavia, c. 819-822.
Obverse: cross pattée within a beaded circle. Legend +HLVDOVVICVS IMP, for Hludovicus imperator. Reverse: PAPIA in one line across the field, for Pavia.
Broad flan, well-centred strike, grey toning with golden and blue highlights. About Uncirculated.
Top Pop: this is the finest graded example!
Note: son of Charlemagne and his only surviving legitimate heir, Louis the Pious became emperor in 814. Pavia, the former Lombard capital taken by his father in 774, remained one of the leading mints of Carolingian Italy. This denier belongs to the second class of his coinage, struck c. 819-822 throughout the Empire to a single design: the cross and imperial title on the obverse, the mint name spelled out in full on the reverse. From 822-823, the CHRISTIANA RELIGIO temple type largely did away with mint names, making these deniers among the last to state plainly where they were struck.
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