417, Lot: 508. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald) or Charles le Gros (the Fat). As Emperor Charles II, 875-877, or Emperor Charles III, 881-888. AR Denier (21mm, 1.66 g, 12h). Biturices (Bourges) mint. + CΛRLVS IMP ΛVC, cross pattée; bar above M / + BITVRICES CIVIT, Karolus monogram. Depeyrot 198 (Charles the Bald); M&G 14875 (Late Ninth-Century Issues in the Name of an Emperor Charles); MEC 1, 918 (Charles the Bald). VF, iridescent toning.