CNG 90, Lot: 1994. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. temp. Robert I. King of West Francia, 922-923. AR Denier (20mm, 1.40 g, 1h). Crinon Group 1, Series 1, Variety 1. Chinon mint. TVRON to right, diademed and mantled bust right / + CAINONI CASTRO, cross pattée. Crinon, Catalogue, p. 73; Poey d’Avant 1670 = Fécamp pl. XIV = Crinon, “À propos de deniers inédits de Blois (Xe siècle): le monnayage à la tête dans les domaines de Thibaud de Tours et Thibaud Ier (durant les deux premiers tiers du Xe s.),” BSFN 48.1 (January 1993), p. 469. Choice EF, toned. Very rare and among the finest known.