bca_231979 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole

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Price : 500.00 €

Type : Obole

Date: c. 900

Mint name / Town : Troyes

Metal : silver

Diameter : 15,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 0,73 g.

Rarity : UNIQUE

Coments on the condition:

Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large, légèrement irrégulier et voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine foncée

Catalogue references :

G.- - Prou.- - MG.- - N.- - F.-

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant du trésor de la région de Cambrai (partie découverte en 2009) et de MONNAIES 42, n° 33

Obverse

Obverse legend : + [...]AITA[...]IO, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).

Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (CAROLVS).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + / TRI /CAS/ CI.

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un besant.

Reverse translation : (Cité de Troyes).

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.

CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Denier AU

495.00 €

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CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole AU

580.00 €

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CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole AU

600.00 €

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180.00 €

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bca_231979 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole

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Historical background

CHARLES III THE SIMPLE

(898-923)

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