Triton XVIII, Lot: 1426. Estimate $300. Sold for $325. 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, 1.62 g, 9h). Biturices (Bourges) mint. + CΛRLVS IMP ΛVC; bar above M and second V, cross pattée / +BITVRICES CIVI, Carolus monogram. Depeyrot 198 (Charles the Bald); M&G 1485 (Late Ninth-Century Issues in the Name of an Emperor Charles); MEC 1, 914 (Charles the Bald). VF, toned.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 10 November 2010.