345, Lot: 579. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Raoul. King of West Francia, 923-936. AR Denier (23mm, 1.34 g, 2h). Posthumous issue. Lucduni (Laon) mint. Struck after 936. + CRΛT+IΛ D–, blundered Rudlofus monogram; to left, R replaced by cross / + LVCDVNI CLVI, cross pattée. Cf. Dumas, Raoul 50 = Fécamp 6633 (for type); Depeyrot 528 (Raoul; Lyon); M&G –, but cf. 1592 (Chartres); cf. Gariel pl. LV, 27; MEC 1, –. VF, lightly toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.