artofthedarkages: A Carolingian denarius with a classicizing imperial bust of emperor Louis the Piou
artofthedarkages: A Carolingian denarius with a classicizing imperial bust of emperor Louis the Pious on the front, and a ship being oared on a tumultuous sea on the reverse. Cast out of silver. Made in the 810s at La Caloterrie in the northern Carolingian domains (near Belgium). Currently held at the American Numismatic Society. -- source link
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