431, Lot: 466. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Simple (the Simple). As Charles IV, King of West Francia, 898-922. AR Denier (22.5mm, 1.65 g, 10h). Metalo (Melle) mint. + CΛRLV(retrograde S) REX R, cross pattée / MET/ΛLO in two lines. Depeyrot 629 var. (obv. legend); M&G –; MEC –; Fécamp 8381–7. EF, lightly toned, trace of underlying luster.