347, Lot: 599. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. 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 (19mm, 1.62 g, 8h). Class 2. Le Mans mint. Struck 864-877. + GRΛTIΛ D- REX, Karolus monogram / + CIN◊MΛNIS CIVITΛS, short cross pattée. Depeyrot 559; M&G 905; MEC 1, 874 var. (rev. legend). VF, lightly toned, flan broken.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.