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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8046768, member: 84744&quot;]I agree that academia.edu is a fantastic resource.&nbsp; I use it a lot, but here&#039;s my latest relevant coin story. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coins of Charlemagne are very expensive, even if in miserable condition.&nbsp; But on the strength of Simon Coupland&#039;s article on academia <a href="https://www.academia.edu/20198845/_Attributing_the_Melle_coins_of_Charlemagne_and_Charles_the_Bald_particularly_single_finds_from_the_Netherlands_Jaarboek_voor_Munt_en_Penningkunde_102_2015_pp_61_96" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/20198845/_Attributing_the_Melle_coins_of_Charlemagne_and_Charles_the_Bald_particularly_single_finds_from_the_Netherlands_Jaarboek_voor_Munt_en_Penningkunde_102_2015_pp_61_96" rel="nofollow">here</a>, I bought this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1392859[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These deniers from Melle are not normally attributable definitively to either Charlemagne or Charles the Bald in the absence of archaeological context.&nbsp; But in the above article, Coupland notes that deniers with any of the following features are more likely to have been issued under Charlemagne:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>1) neatly produced, with an obverse legend cross that occurs at 1 o’clock with respect to the monogram (oriented vertically)</p><p>2) uses a barred A</p><p>3) has a chevron in the central lozenge of monogram</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>This coin has <i>all three</i> of these Charlemagne indicators, so I conclude it is much more likely to be a Charlemagne coin than a Charles the Bald coin, and I got it for <i>far </i>less money than an unattractive coin definitively attributable to Charlemagne.&nbsp; In addition, it&#039;s a beauty!&nbsp; I&#039;m very happy to use it to fill my Charlemagne slot, even if I can&#039;t be 100% certain about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>(If you see a similar example with all three characteristics, I recommend snapping it up.&nbsp; They are not easy to come by!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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