CNG 96, Lot: 1056. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Lambert de Spoléte. As Emperor, 894-896. AR Denier (23mm, 1.44 g, 2h). First coinage. Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Struck 894. + LΛMĐERTV(retrograde S) IMPE, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / +PIITIΛNΛ RELIGIO (pellet in O), temple façade. Depeyrot 662R; M&G –; MEC 1, 1015 (Unspecified (Pavia) mint); CNI V 2. Good VF, toned.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 68 (4 December 2012), lot 57; Varesi 45 (19 April 2005), lot 315.