Интересный денарий Людовика Благочестивого, сына Кала ВеликогоCAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. Denarius (Silver, 1.81 g 7), Undetermined mint (palace mint). +HLVDOVVICVS IMP Cross. Rev. PALATINA MONETA M./G. 320. Prou 8-10. A rare and very nicely toned example with a particularly impressive reverse. Good very fine.
CHF 2,950.00
Most of Carolingian silver coins share very similar images. Especially in time of Louis the Pious the obverses often show a cross in center of Louis’ name and imperatorial title. The reverses commonly name the respective mint and tell us precisely in which city the coins were struck. In example Arles (ARELATVM), Bourges (BITVRIGES), Marseilles (MASSILIA), Paris (PARISII) and Rouen (ROTVMACVS) issued silver coins for Louis the Pious in France, while Italian mints like Milan (MEDIOLANVM), Pavia (PAPIA), Treviso (TARVISIVM) or Venice (VENECIAS) struck pieces in the name of the Carolingian emperor. There are only three types which do not mention any city and so can not be pointed to a specific mint. Besides the legends XRISTIANA RELIGIO and AQVITANIA, the coin offered here with the legend 'PALATINA MONETA' belongs to this very limited number of examples which can not be entirely identified. It has been assumed that PALATINA MONETA refers to a portable mint traveling with the royal court. This means that this type could have been struck in different locations depending on demand of coinage. It is most convincing that these cities must have had the status of administrative centers in the Carolingian empire. For this reason Kluge suggests Aachen as the mint for this issue (B. Kluge, Numismatik des Mittelalters, Berlin and Wien 2007, No. 226).
Как вы думаете этот денарий PALATINA MONETA был отчеканен в столице Ахене или все-таки это странствующий монетный двор при путешествующем императоре?