397, Lot: 720. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. 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 (21mm, 1.83 g, 4h). Class 2. Lugduni (Laon) mint. Struck 864-877 and later. + GRΛTIΛ D – I REX, Karolus monogram / + LVGDVNI CLΛVΛTI, cross potent. Depeyrot 482; M&G 794; MEC 1, 869. EF, lightly toned.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.