CAROLINGIANS. Charlemagne (Charles the Great). As Charles I, King of the Franks, 768-814. AR Denier (18mm, 1.27 g, 1h). Class 2. Medolus (Melle) mint. Struck 771-793/4. C(AR)o/·/LVS in three lines / EddOLdVS around central ornament; L with hook. Cf. Coupland, Charlemagne 4 (for type with non-blundered leged); Depeyrot 605; Gariel 89; M&G 268 corr (citing the Gariel coin as a variety); cf. Prou 684-5 (for similar blundered rev. legends); BM –; MEC I, –. Toned, deposits. Near EF.