344, Lot: 545. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald) or Charles le Gros (the Fat). As Emperor Charles II, 875-877, or Emperor Charles III, 881-888. AR Denier (21mm, 1.50 g, 10h). Nevernis (Nevers) mint. + CΛRLVS IMP ΛVC, cross pattée; bar above M / + nEVERnIS CVTΛ,
Karolus monogram. Depeyrot 701 (Charles the Bald); M&G 1468 (Late Ninth-Century Issues in the Name of an Emperor Charles); MEC 1, 919 (Charles the Bald). Near VF, lightly toned.
From the Michael Joffre Collection.