CNG 94, Lot: 1575. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. temp. Louis d'Outremer – Lothaire. 936-986. AR Denier (22mm, 1.45 g, 11h). Immobilized type of Melle mint of Charles le Chauve. Struck circa AD 955-960 or later. + CΛRLV(retrograde S) REX R (sic), cross pattée / MET/ΛLO in two lines; cross above and below. Cf. Depeyrot 629 (for type); M&G –; MEC –; Fécamp 8414-20. EF, lightly toned, traces of underlying luster.