344, Lot: 543. Estimate $150. Sold for $201. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Denier (22mm, 1.73 g, 8h). Class 2. Parisii (Paris) mint. Struck 864-877. + CRΛTIΛ D–I REX, Karolus monogram / + PΛRISII CIVITΛS, cross pattée. Depeyrot 763; M&G 830; MEC 1, –. VF, toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.