Triton XVIII, Lot: 1429. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Gros (the Fat). As Emperor Charles III, 881-887. AR Denier (32mm, 1.51 g, 9h). Unspecified (Milan?) mint. + KΛROLVS IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / XPISTIΛNΛ REIICIO, temple façade. Depeyrot 1196B; M&G 1531/530 (obv./rev.; Uncertain Mints); MEC 1, 1012 (assigned to Milan); cf. CNI V 6-8 (for type). VF, toned, flan crack. Fragile.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 20 June 2010.