379, Lot: 496. Estimate $75. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Franche-Comté. Lons-le-Saunier. 11th century. AR Denier (18mm, 0.89 g, 11h). Immobilized type of Charles le Simple for Blainville-sur-Nied mint. + CΛRLVS REX, cross pattée; pellet in quarters; X with pelleted ends / + BLЄ∂ONIS, temple façade; long oval below. P. Crinon, J.-C. Desfretier, and M. Dhénin, “La série au temple (denier, obole, pite) frappée à Lons-Le-Saulnier à partir de la fin du XIe siècle,” BSFN (1996), pp. 137-143; Duplessy, Féodales –; Poey d'Avant –; Roberts 1726. VF, toned, slightly ragged flan.