344, Lot: 542. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. 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 (20mm, 1.69 g, 3h). Class 2. Curtisasonien (Courcessin or Courgeon) mint. Struck 864-877. + CRΛTIΛ D–I REX, Karolus monogram / + (HC)VRTISΛSONIEH, cross pattée; quadrate O in legend. Depeyrot 375 (Courgeon); M&G 895 (“Curtisassonien”); MEC 1, 860-864 (Courcessin). VF, toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.