bca_404328 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Denier

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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 400.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 840-864

Mint name / Town : Paris

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 1,13 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Cet exemplaire est frappé sur un flan voilé et présentant des fentes. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine grise

Catalogue references :

G.57-58 (pl. 51/57-58) - Prou.334 - MG.1392-1393

Obverse

Obverse legend : [+ G]RATIA DI REX.

Obverse description : Monogramme d’inspiration caroline au nom de Raoul (KAROLVS).

Obverse translation : (Charles, roi par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + / PARISI / CIVITA / +.

Reverse description : en deux lignes dans le champ.

Reverse translation : (Cité de Paris).

Commentary

Ce type monétaire est généralement classé au règne de Charles III le Simple en raison, notamment, de sa présence dans les trésors d’Évreux (898-923), Juaye-Mondaye (898-923) ou .

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.