CNG 99, Lot: 937. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Denier (22mm, 1.69 g, 3h). Class 1. Metallum (Melle) mint. Struck 840-864. + CΛRLVS REX FR, cross pattée / META/LLVM in two lines; pellet in center. Coupland, Early 13; Depeyrot 621; M&G 1056; MEC 1, –. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.