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Auction 117 19-20 May 2021
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CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AV Solidus (23mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) mint issue. Uncertain mint in Frisia. Struck circa 830. (retrograde D)IIVIИDDIИVIC, laureate and draped bust right / IIIIIIVIIIIOI(ИV)III, small cross pattée within pelleted wreath with no ties. Cf. Grierson, Gold, Type XXVIII; cf. Prou 1076; cf. BMC Carolingians 78; MEC 1, –; EMC 2018.0005 = Coin Register 2019, 134 (this coin). Creased with associated crack, pierced for suspension. Near VF. Rare.
Found near Barham Suffolk, 28 July 2015.
This issue belongs to an extensive series of imitative solidi modeled on a short-lived issue struck under Louis the Pious between 814 and 818 at the Carolingian capital of Aachen (see Grierson, Gold, Plate 1, 4). Studies of coin finds have shown that these imitations were struck in Frisia between circa AD 830-900, and circulated throughout the North Sea region, including Britain, where this coin was found.
Found near Barham Suffolk, 28 July 2015.
This issue belongs to an extensive series of imitative solidi modeled on a short-lived issue struck under Louis the Pious between 814 and 818 at the Carolingian capital of Aachen (see Grierson, Gold, Plate 1, 4). Studies of coin finds have shown that these imitations were struck in Frisia between circa AD 830-900, and circulated throughout the North Sea region, including Britain, where this coin was found.