CAROLINGIANS. Louis, with Engelberga. As Emperor and Empress, 855-875. AR Denaro (19mm, 0.84 g, 12h). Beneventum mint.

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Lot: 26. Estimated: $ 500

The Richard A. Jourdan Collection – Early Medieval & Islamic, Silver

Sold For $ 950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CAROLINGIANS. Louis, with Engelberga. As Emperor and Empress, 855-875. AR Denaro (19mm, 0.84 g, 12h). Beneventum mint. + LVDOVICVS IMP, Augustus monogram / +ANGILBERGA IMP, AGV/STA in two lines. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 99; M&G 1179; MEC 1, 1118. Toned, slightly ragged flan. VF. Rare.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Künker 227 (11 March 2013), lot 2188; Numismatica Ars Classica 56 (8 October 2010), lot 568.

‘Some unusual Beneventan issues of silver denari were struck by the Emperor Louis II who, in the course of organizing a south Italian coalition against the Saracens, made himself master of the city for some years (866-71). Some of them bear the name of his strong-minded wife Angilberga, the only appearance on coinage of a Carolingian empress.’ Grierson, p.45.

Closing Date and Time: 25 March 2020 at 10:08:20 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.