Karolinger: Pippin der Kurze

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Events

Created

When	754-768 CE
Where	Strasbourg

Commissioned

Who	Pepin the Short (714-768)

Sold

Who	Henri Hoffmann (1823-1897)

Relation to places

Western Europe

Keywords

Christliche Ikonographie Coin Denar (MA) Early Middle Ages Early Middle Ages King Middle Ages Silver

Description

Front: Königsname.
Rear: Kreuz, umlaufend der Stadtname.
Part(s) broken away: Sections of the coin or medal are broken away (without any traces of mechanic manipulation).

Inscription

Vorderseite: R P (Rex Pippinus)
Rückseite: CIV ARCAT (Civitas Argentoratum)

Material/Technique

Silver; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 16 mm
Weight: 1.14 g

Part of

Das Reich der Franken (787)

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Literature

B. Kluge, Am Beginn des Mittelalters. Die Münzen des karolingischen Reiches 751-814. Das Kabinett 15 (2014) Nr. 50 (dieses Stück). Vgl. E. Gariel, Les monnaies royales de France sous la race Carolingienne II (1884) 82 Nr. 72 Taf. 3 (dort CIVARGAT).
G. Depeyrot, Le numeraire carolingien (1998) Nr. 952.
K. F. Morrison - H. Grunthal, Carolingian Coinage (1967) Nr. 1.