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bca_472005 - CHARLES II LE CHAUVE / THE BALD Denier

CHARLES II LE CHAUVE / THE BALD Denier VF
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1 500.00 €(Approx. 1800.00$ | 1290.00£)
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 840-875
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Bourges
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 1,16 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan voilé et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Petit manque de métal à 12 heures au droit
Catalogue references :
G. (22/44) - Prou.737-738  - MG.1069 var.  - N.17 p. 127

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CARLVS REX.
Obverse description : Buste habillé et lauré à gauche de Charles le Chauve.
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi).

Reverse

Reverse legend : BITV/RICES.
Reverse description : en deux lignes dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (Bourges).

Commentary

Rare monnaie carolingienne avec le buste du roi.

Historical background

Charles the Bald

(20/06/840-6/10/877)

Charles the Bald became king on the death of his father, Louis the Pious, 20 June 840. The Treaty of Verdun in 843, the Carolingian empire was divided between the three son Louis. Lothar receives Lotharingia, Louis the German and Charles Francia Orientalis Francia Occidentalis. Type in the Christian legend is prior to 864 and the reform of the Edict of Pîtres, but it must be after 843. It has been struck between 850 and 860.

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