15929911100001405948495000Standard Recordobject-199635170206301463015368300800001702062269532fitz-onlineadlib-object-199635https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/199635f4c68a02-e2af-3b38-a07e-25f7fc76bff04referenceterm-100804adlib-term-1008049e0fb390-67dd-35ac-8ebe-1f9145b90880coinreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDiameter (min)mm9.5Diametermm14.1Weightg1.16Objectreferenceterm-119622adlib-term-119622dd6626e9-5822-307d-aa31-13c8813e7555struckCoins and MedalsCut-quarter of a gold solidus. Only some 15 official solidi of Louis are known, compared with some 80 imitations. The importance of this carefully divided quarter-coin is as evidence for the acceptance of solidi by tale rather than as mere bullion in the 9th century.referenceexhibition-2354adlib-exhibition-2354a831c2a4-3191-3938-8d83-52e5e4f84137Building an Empire: Money, trade and power in the age of CharlemagneCM.521-19981accession numberCM.521-1998199635priref199635urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/199635https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/199635referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-151969adlib-agent-15196939298351-d518-32a7-b53c-19dbd145dc5cTaylor, Geoffrey199819981998-10-12bought816816CE8168168191819CE819819rulerreferenceagent-191927adlib-agent-19192783979377-bc90-350d-a449-71cc6ee0b522Louis the Pious (814-840)mintreferenceagent-169067adlib-agent-1690675e537169-b7de-3e9d-9f1c-d119b0ae4089Unspecifiedreferencemedia-208435adlib-media-208435e06cb9a0-86b2-3368-b300-6985484147cejpegcm/cm58/cm_521_1998_1_201711_mfj22_dc2.jpg1heightpixels1018widthpixels102416162819647701imagejpegcm/cm58/mid_cm_521_1998_1_201711_mfj22_dc2.jpg1heightpixels497widthpixels50016162819647701imagejpegcm/cm58/cm_521_1998_1_201711_mfj22_dc2.jpg1heightpixels1018widthpixels102416162819647701imagejpegcm/cm58/preview_cm_521_1998_1_201711_mfj22_dc2.jpg1heightpixels249widthpixels25016162819647701image0media
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imagereferenceterm-133953adlib-term-1339532e2524a9-c3c7-3922-9209-c8da4539d519quarter solidusdenominationreferenceterm-10603adlib-term-1060309088083-a78d-3d70-9f4f-343b5c3283d7Medievalseriesreferenceterm-12570adlib-term-125700e8756e3-2ccd-3cf8-9b98-5899172f72b0Carolingiansubserieshistory noteEx Spink sale 14 July 1998, lot 270 (not sold); found near Louth, Lincs, November 1996.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museum750-1524referencepublication-7675adlib-publication-767557e3a99f-ece8-379c-a537-f01b8aed1dcbMedieval European Coinage: With a catalogue of the coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. 1. The Early Middle Ages (5th - 10th centuries)referenceterm-133953adlib-term-1339532e2524a9-c3c7-3922-9209-c8da4539d519quarter solidusquarter solidusobject
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