133, Lot: 303. Estimate $150. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). 840-877. AR Denier (20mm, 1.57 g, 5h). Struck 875-877 AD. L, short cross / +nEVERnIs CIVIT, Karolus monogram. Depeyrot 701; M&G 1464; Prou 596; MEC 1, 919 (same reverse die); Roberts 1572. Good VF, toned.

As the young son of Louis the Pious and his second wife Judith, Charles the Bald's succession as king of his own domain was contested by his two half-brothers, Lothar and Louis the German, whose territories were to contribute land to Charles' doma