Triton XVIII, Lot: 1437. Estimate $200. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Simple (the Simple). As Charles IV, King of West Francia, 898-922. AR Denier (21mm, 1.68 g, 11h). Biturices (Bourges) mint. + CRΛTIΛ DEI REX, Carolus monogram / + BITVRICES CIVIT, cross. Cf. Depeyrot 202 (Odo; for type); cf. M&G 1328 (same); Prou 749 var. (obv. legend); MEC 1, –; Künker 165 (8 March 2010), lot 82. VF, toned, traces of hard green deposits. Extremely rare.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.