Triton XVIII, Lot: 1439. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. 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, 1.25 g, 12h). Unspecified mint. + CΛRLVS REX, cross pattée / X +RIΛNΛ RI:IIO, Carolus monogram. Depeyrot 1197 var. (placement of cross and monogram); cf. M&G 1437 (for type); MEC 1, –. Near EF, toned. Rare.

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