345, Lot: 575. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. 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 (20mm, 1.69 g, 8h). Cross and Temple Type. Parisii (Paris) mint. Struck 840-864. + CΛRLVS RE+ FR, cross pattée / + PΛRISII CIVITΛS, temple façade. Coupland, Early 19; Depeyrot 762; M&G 827; MEC 1, 843. Near VF, some roughness.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.