438, Lot: 622. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. 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 (22mm, 1.66 g, 10h). Metullo (Melle) mint. Struck before 845/6. + CΛRLVS REX, cross pattée / + METVLLO, Karolus monogram. Depeyrot 626; Coupland, Hoard 26-8; M&G 1066; MEC 1, 923-33. EF, find patina. Rare.

Ex Coin Galleries (17 February 1999), lot 1187.