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Denarius of Louis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious
More about the cross with incorporated besants:
http://home.eckerd.edu/~oberhot/feud-hre.htm
http://home.eckerd.edu/~oberhot/temple.htm
http://home.eckerd.edu/~oberhot/feud-anjou.htm
the common connection seems to be with the merovingian and carolingian adoption of roman culture.
Denarius of Louis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious
More about the cross with incorporated besants:
http://home.eckerd.edu/~oberhot/feud-hre.htm
http://home.eckerd.edu/~oberhot/temple.htm
http://home.eckerd.edu/~oberhot/feud-anjou.htm
the common connection seems to be with the merovingian and carolingian adoption of roman culture.