351, Lot: 737. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. temp. Carloman to Charles le Simple (the Simple). As Kings of West Francia, 882-922. AR Denier (20mm, 1.67 g, 9h). Metallum (Melle) mint. + CΛRLV(retrograde S) REX Γ, short cross pattée / + MET + VLLO, Karolus monogram. Depeyrot 627; M&G 1065 var. (obv. legend); MEC 1, 959 var. (same). Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.

While the origin of this type can be attributed to the later portion of the reign of Charles le Chauve as king of West Francia (840-877), it continued as an immobilized type into the early tenth century, as evidenced by numerous specimens deposited in the Cuerdale Hoard (circa 905).