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Offline Archaic

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Charlemagne denier
« on: August 24, 2013, 04:40:38 am »
Can someone help me to id this coin? I think it's Charlemagne, but I can't decipher the reverse legend.
Obv: CAR/LVS (next to the R is a small O?
Rev: lying capital I / LEM / cross between 2 dots.
D: 18mm
W: 0,85
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Offline Christopher H2

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Re: Charlemagne denier
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2013, 12:23:00 am »
I believe the LEM on the reverse denotes the Limoges mint, with the horizontal bar over it a typographical mark showing that Lem is an abbreviation, just like the dot in etc. does.

A genuine coin of this type would be worth $7000+ USD.
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