345, Lot: 576. Estimate $150. 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 (21mm, 1.49 g, 3h). Class 2. Tolusa (Toulouse) mint. Struck 864-877. + CΛRLVS REX, cross pattée / + TOLV(horizontal S)A CIVI, Carolus monogram. Depeyrot 1003 var. (obv. legend); M&G 1103 var. (same); MEC 1, –. VF, lightly toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.