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bca_598997 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole

CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole VF/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 2 000.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 898-923
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,55 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan irrégulier et voilé. Exemplaire présentant des faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
G.56 (pl. 51/56) - Prou.336  - MG.1394

Obverse

Obverse legend : + GRATIA DI [REX].
Obverse description : Monogramme de Charles (KAROLVS).
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + / PARI / ISII+ / :..
Reverse description : en quatre lignes dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (Paris).

Commentary

Les ouvrages de référence ne recensent qu’une seule autre obole de ce type conservé au Cabinet des médailles de Paris.

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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