Unique
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This page has a number of coins which I have have not been able to identify clearly from my sources. There might have an extra letter in a legend, an unusual retrograde element or some other distinguishing feature beyond die variations. Coins will drop from this page if I can adequately ID them.
Louis the Pious
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AR obole, 16mm, .63gr. Obv: LVDO/VVIC in two lines. Rev: +NETALLVHP, central cross. Mint is Melle. R1164v; Prou 710v (no P at end of legend); MG-; Gariel-; Bel-, MEC-. The reverse legend, ending in P, is not in any of these sources. Prou 710 comes closest (+NETALLVH). The obole he cites is .78gr.
AR obole, .83gr., 15mm. Obv: +PISTIANAP(?)I, central cross. It is possible that the questionable letter P has a separated leg, actually attached to the bottom of the I, and is actually an 'R.' Rev: +PISTIANAD (? last letter D or P), central cross, four besants. This unusual obole has similar legends obverse and reverse. One side comes close to MG and Gariel, but both those coins have LVDO/VVIC on the obverse. MG 467 reverse +PISTIANARI, cross 1 dot as Louis the Pious. Gariel XX - 149 as PISTIANARI and cites Voillermier collection. This coin and both MG and Gariel have the 'S' on its side. Given the similarity of one side, and with nothing similar in Charles the Bald's coinage, I attribute this to Louis the Pious. Dep -; Prou-.
Pepin II/Pippin II
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AR obole, 16mm, .66gr. Obv: +PPIMIVS
REX, central cross. Rev: IA(inverted)QA/AII.IAT (retrograde of AQVI/TANIA).
R1863v; Dep 186bv; MG 601v; MEC 812v-813v; Prou 660v; Gariel-. Mint
is Bourges. No source matched the legend PPIM or the retrograde
reverse. Perhaps an uncatalogued coin.
