CNG 96, Lot: 1058. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. temp. Charles le Simple (the Simple) – Louis d’Outremer. 898-954. AR Denier (21mm, 1.52 g, 3h). Immobilized type of Melle mint of Charles le Chauve or Charles le Simple. Struck circa AD 900-950. + CΛRLV(retrograde S) REX R (sic), cross pattée / MET/ΛLO in two lines; pellet above and below. Cf. Depeyrot 629 (for type); M&G –; MEC –; Fécamp 8381-7. EF, lightly toned, trace of underlying luster.