CNG 87, Lot: 1340. Estimate $1000. Sold for $950. 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, 1.44 g, 7h). Sens mint. Struck 840-864. + CΛROLVS REX FR, cross pattée, with pellet in each quarter / SENONES CIVITΛS, temple façade. Coupland, Early pl. 22, 29-30; Depeyrot 928; M&G 982; MEC 1, 844. Good VF, a few light die flaws on the reverse. Rare.