v28_1413 - CHARLES II LE CHAUVE / THE BALD Obole
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 290.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 290.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole
Date: c. 864-875
Mint name / Town : Quentovic
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est fendue (avec manque de métal) et est frappée sur un flan voilé. Exemplaire taché au droit comme au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + GRATIA D- REX.
Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (KAROLVS).
Obverse translation : (Charles, [roi] par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + QVENTOVCI.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 2 et 3 d'un besant.
Reverse translation : (Quentovic).
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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