CNG 94, Lot: 1574. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. temp. Charles le Simple (the Simple) – Louis d’Outremer. 898-954. AR Denier (23mm, 1.59 g, 9h). Immobilized type of Melle mint of Charles le Chauve. Struck circa AD 900-950. + CΛRLV(retrograde S) REX R (sic), cross pattée / MET/ΛLO in two lines. Cf. Depeyrot 629 (for type); M&G –; MEC –; Fécamp 8381-7. EF, lightly toned, traces of underlying luster, small deposit on reverse.