Triton XVIII, Lot: 1427. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. 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 (20mm, 1.68 g, 2h). Nivernis (Nevers) mint. + CΛRLVS IMP ΛVC; – above M, cross pattée / + nIVERnIS CIVIT, Karolus monogram. Depeyrot 701 (Charles the Bald); M&G 1464 (Late Ninth-Century Issues in the Name of an Emperor Charles); MEC 1, 919 (Charles the Bald). VF, toned.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 5 April 2010.