351, Lot: 736. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. 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, 1.81 g, 4h). Class 2. Aurelianis (Orléans) mint. Struck 864-877. +GRΛTIΛ D–I RE, Karolus monogram / + ΛVRELIΛNVS CIVITΛS, cross pattée. Depeyrot 7274; M&G 948; MEC 1, 879. Good VF, toned, a few deposits.

From the Michael Joffre Collection. Ex Elsen 56.