CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Emperor Charles II, 875-877. AR Denier (21mm, 1.63 g, 9h). Class 3. Biturices (Bourges) mint. Struck 876-877. VF.

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Lot: 495. Estimated: $ 250

Early Medieval, Silver

Sold For $ 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Emperor Charles II, 875-877. AR Denier (21mm, 1.63 g, 9h). Class 3. Biturices (Bourges) mint. Struck 876-877. + CΛRLVS IMP ΛVG, cross pattée; – above M in legnd / + BITVRICES CIVIT, Karolus monogram. Depeyrot 198 (Charles the Bald); M&G 1485 (Late Ninth-Century Issues in the Name of an Emperor Charles); MEC 1, 914 (Charles the Bald). Toned with iridescence, areas of peripheral weakness, slightly wavy flan. VF.

Ex Agora Auctions 104 (8 February 2022), lot 214; Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 1426 ; purchased from Wade Hinderling, 10 November 2010.


Closing Date and Time: 6 March 2024 at 12:44:40 ET.

All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.