Live auction - bca_576204 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Denier

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Estimate :	800 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	16 June 2020 16:08:51

Type : Denier

Date: 1020-1030

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Troyes

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 1,23 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large, irrégulier et voilé. Choc à 3 heures au droit. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise présentant des faiblesses de frappe

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - PA.5936 var. (137/13)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CRACIA [I] RX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES, A INVERSÉS, FORMÉS DE TROIS TRIANGLES).

Obverse description : Monogramme carolin déformé.

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : + TRECAS CIVIT[...].

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 3 d’un besant.

Reverse translation : (Cité de Troyes).

Commentary

Monnaie de la plus grande rareté qui était inédite jusqu’à la vente d’un autre exemplaire par CGB (réf. 324407). Il s’agit du troisième exemplaire connu. Depuis la publication du trésor de Cuts, il convient de daté cette série de la période Charles le Simple.

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.