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CNG 96, Lot: 1053. Estimate $750.
Sold for $450. 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, 1.61 g, 7h). Christiana religio type, Class H. Uncertain mint. Struck 840-864. + CΛRLVS REX FR, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / +PISTIΛNΛ REICIO, temple façade. Cf. Coupland, Early, 58-61 (for type); Depeyrot 1189; cf. M&G 1158 (obol attributed to Lyon); cf. MEC 1, 846-9. Near EF, toned.


Ex B. Schulte Collection (Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 28, 30 October 2008), lot 43.