Triton XVIII, Lot: 1425. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald) or Charles le Gros (the Fat). As Emperor Charles II, 875-877, or Emperor Charles III, 881-888. AR Denier (21mm, 1.42 g, 8h). Arela[te] (Arles) mint. + CΛRLVS INERΛT, cross pattée / + ΛRELV CIΛIS +, Carolus monogram. Depeyrot 65; M&G 1506 (Late Ninth-Century Issues in the Name of an Emperor Charles); cf. MEC 1, 910-12 (for type; Charles the Bald). Near EF, toned. Rare.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Elsen 102 (12 September 2009), lot 460 (there as Charles the Fat).