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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2020 15:46:37 |
Type : Obole
Date: 855-866
Mint name / Town : Melle
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,82 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan irrégulier et légèrement voilé. Exemplaire présentant des lignes de fracture et recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (Karolus) ; une croisette entre le K et l’L du monogramme.
Obverse translation : (Charles).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + METVLLO.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Melle).
Historical background
CHARLES II LE CHAUVE / THE BALD
(20/06/840-6/10/877)
Charles the Bald became king on the death of his father, Louis the Pious, on June 20, 840. At the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the Carolingian empire was shared between Louis' three sons. Lothair receives Lotharingia, Louis the German, Francia Orientalis and Charles Francia Occidentalis. The type with the Christian legend predates 864 and the reform of the Edict of Pîtres, but it must be later than 843. It may have been struck between 850 and 860.
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