Triton XVIII, Lot: 1438. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. 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 (22mm, 1.33 g, 6h). Arcentina (Strasbourg) mint. + KΛROLVS PIVS REX, cross pattée / ΛRCENTI/NΛ CIVITS in two lines; • between. Depeyrot 959 var. (rev. legend); cf. M&G 1348 (for type); cf. MEC 1, 1000 (same). Good VF, toned, traces of ghosting in reverse. Rare.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 14 May 2010.