CNG 88, Lot: 1765. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Pépin 'le Bref' (the Short). King of the Franks, 754/5-768. AR Denier (17mm, 0.87 g, 4h). Uncertain mint, possibly St. Denis. Large R P (Rex Pepinus); bar above, six pellets around / (ΛN)T/TRΔ–/N◊ in three lines, separated by two parallel bars. Depeyrot 892; M&G 47 (wrong coin illustrated); MEC 1, 720. Good VF, toned and chipped.

Ex Artemide Aste XXIV (28 March 2009), lot 1012.