CNG 96, Lot: 1052. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. 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, 1.56 g, 6h). Class 1a. Parisi (Paris) mint. Struck 840-864. + CΛR•LVS R•E+, cross pattée / + PΛRI/•/S (triangular stop) II in three lines. Coupland, Early, 21 ; Depeyrot 761; cf. M&G 826 (for type); MEC 1, 833 var. (no triangular stop on reverse). Near EF, toned. Rare.