Live auction - bca_421077 - CARLOMAN I Denier

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Estimate :	3 000 €
Price :	2 255 €
Maximum bid :	2 555 €
End of the sale :	14 March 2017 15:12:27
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Lyon

Metal : silver

Diameter : 13 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 0,72 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Denier fragmentaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Reliefs nets

Catalogue references :

G.n° 6 pl. IV, n° 6 - Prou.- - MG.87 - Dp.n° 518

Obverse

Obverse description : monogramme CARLM sous une barre abréviative.

Obverse translation : (Carloman).

Reverse

Reverse legend : LV[G].

Reverse description : sous une barre abréviative.

Reverse translation : (Lyon).

Commentary

Monnaie de la plus grande rareté connu à quatre exemplaires, un au Musée de Berlin, et deux autres exemplaires en collection privée et également cassés.

Historical background

CARLOMAN I

(09/10/768-04/12/771)

Carloman is the son of Pépin called "le Bref" and Bertade de Laon. After the death of his father, his brother Charlemagne was crowned king of the Franks on October 9, 768 in Noyon, while he received the anointing the same day in Soissons. This city became the capital of his kingdom. The division of the kingdom planned by Pepin the Short is called into question and Charlemagne receives Neustria, Burgundy and Aquitaine while Carloman takes possession of Austrasia, Alemania and Thuringia. Carloman's reign was short-lived. He died on December 4, 771 in his palace in Samoussy and was buried in the Saint-Remi church in Reims..