355, Lot: 771. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. 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 (21mm, 1.66 g, 7h). Christiana religio type, Class H. Uncertain mint. + CΛRLVS REX FR, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / +PISTIΛNΛ REICIO, temple façade. Cf. Coupland, Early, 58-61 (for type); Depeyrot 1189; cf. M&G 1158 (obol attributed to Lyon); cf. MEC 1, 846-9; CNG 96, lot 1053. VF, toned.

Ex Christian Blom FPL 95 (May-June 1986), no. 324.