Live auction - bca_1004782 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Denier
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 660 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 June 2025 16:12:41 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 25/06/864
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Blois
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une jolie patine grise présentant quelques reflets bleutés. Petite faiblesse de frappe à 3 heures au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + GRATIA D-I REX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).
Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (KAROLVS).
Obverse translation : (Roi par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BLESIANIS CASTRO, (O LOSANGÉ).
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un besant.
Reverse translation : (Château de Blois).
Commentary
Georges Depeyrot ne recense qu’un seul autre exemplaire de ce denier avec deux besants en cantonnement de la croix du revers d’après un exemplaire conservé à New-York. En plus de l’exemplaire que nous proposons à la vente nous en connaissons deux autres.
Georges Depeyrot only records one other example of this denier with two bezants in cantonment of the cross on the reverse, based on a example kept in New York. In addition to the example we are offering for sale, we know of two others.
Georges Depeyrot only records one other example of this denier with two bezants in cantonment of the cross on the reverse, based on a example kept in New York. In addition to the example we are offering for sale, we know of two others.
Historical background
CHARLES III THE SIMPLE
(898-923)
Charles III dit le Simple, posthumous son of Louis le Bègue, was born on November 17, 879. After the death of his older brothers, Louis III and Carloman, he was forgotten in the succession. In 888, after the deposition of Charles the Fat, he opposed the Robertian king Eudes and was crowned king in Reims on January 28, 893 by Archbishop Foulques. Eudes, shortly before his death (January 898), gave him his powers. His campaigns in Lorraine were disastrous and after being dethroned in 922, he became the captive of Herbert de Vermandois. On December 7, 929, he died in captivity at Péronne. His death marks the end of the Carolingian dynasty.
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