Triton XVIII, Lot: 1421. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. 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 (20mm, 1.56 g, 11h). Class 2. Palatina Mon[eta] (Palace) mint. Struck 864-877. + CRΛTIΛ D–I REX, Karolus monogram / + PΛLΛTINΛ MON, cross pattée. Depeyrot 750; M&G 631 var. (rev. legend); MEC 1, 884 var. (same); Comptoire Général Financier Monnaies 54, lot 3 (same rev. die, but in a later die state). EF, toned.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Elsen 102 (12 September 2009), lot 454.