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bca_579137 - CHARLES II LE CHAUVE / THE BALD Denier

CHARLES II LE CHAUVE / THE BALD Denier AU
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290.00 €(Approx. 350.90$ | 258.10£)
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 864-875
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Rennes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,54 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et est recouvert d’une jolie patine ancienne de médaillier
Catalogue references :
G.199 (33/199) - Prou.651-652  - MG.1045  - MEC.1/890  - N.187

Obverse

Obverse legend : + GRATIA D-I REX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).
Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (KAROLVS).
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + H REDONIS CIVITAS, (O LOSANGÉ).
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Rennes).

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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