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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1833052, member: 44210&quot;]Was going to wait until it arrived but found that I couldn&#039;t hold it in any longer so I&#039;ve caved and am sharing it now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I decided to treat myself to one last thing before the year is out, and knocked out a bothersome hole in my collection of post-Roman Germanics, that of the Franks. This silver denier (from the Roman &#039;denarius&#039;) bears the name of Louis the Pious (LVDOVVICVS), who ended up being the only surviving son of the great Charlemagne. Aesthetically its not the most exciting coin, I know, but I just love the history of the era in that it was struck.&nbsp; More here: <a href="http://www.coincommunity.com/reference/?target=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincommunity.com/reference/?target=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious</a></p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Louis the Pious</b></u>, King of the Franks and Carolingian Emperor (814-840 AD)</p><p>AR Denier</p><p>Obv: + H LVDOVVICVS IMP, legend around cross</p><p>Rev: + METTALVM, legend around cross</p><p>Metallum mint (modern Melle, France)</p><p>20 mm wide, Rare (most European coins from this era are btw)</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/LouisFranks_zps1cc63d3f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Carolingian Empire in 800 AD (the year Charlemagne was crowned &quot;Emperor of the Romans&quot; by the pope):</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/CarolingianEmpire_zps88cd3300.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s in the link, but I&#039;d thought I&#039;d post it here as well, a contemporary image of Louis:</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/LouisP_zps93895960.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you guys like! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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