Triton XXI, Lot: 944. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. 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 (20.5mm, 1.54 g, 2h). Cross and temple type, late form. Aurelianis (Orléans) mint. Struck circa 840-864. + CΛRLVS RE(elongated X) FR, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / + ΛVRELIΛNIS, temple façade surmounted by Latin cross. Coupland, Early, 16; Depeyrot 7269; M&G 945; MEC 1, –. Good VF, toned, lamination on reverse at 1 o’clock. Rare.