345, Lot: 577. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald) or Charles le Gros (the Fat). As Emperor Charles II, 875-877, or Emperor Charles III, 881-888. AR Obole (16mm, 0.74 g, 12h). Biturices (Bourges) mint. + CΛRLVS IMP ΛVC, cross pattée / + BITVRICES CIVITΛS, Karolus monogram. Depeyrot 199 (Charles the Bald); M&G 1480 or 1487 (Late Ninth-Century Issues in the Name of an Emperor Charles); MEC 1, 919 (Charles the Bald). VF, toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection, purchased from Sue Hagadorn, 2007.