CNG 94, Lot: 1576. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. temp. Louis d'Outremer – Lothaire. 936-986. AR Denier (22mm, 1.50 g, 6h). Immobilized type of Melle mint of Charles le Chauve. Struck circa AD 955-960 or later. + CΛRLV(retrograde S) REX I (sic), cross pattée / MET/ΛLO in two lines; annulet before Λ. Cf. Depeyrot 629 (for type); M&G –; MEC –; cf. Poey d'Avant 2417 (for type); Fécamp –. EF, lightly toned, traces of underlying luster.