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.