v25_0844 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole

MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
Realised price : 865.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 650.00 €

Type : Obole

Date: c. 898-923

Mint name / Town : Angers

Metal : silver

Diameter : 16,5 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 0,63 g.

Rarity : UNIQUE

Coments on the condition:

Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large et légèrement voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine hétérogène et tréflé

Catalogue references :

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

Obverse

Obverse legend : + GRTIA DI REX.

Obverse description : entre deux grènetis, monogramme Karolus.

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : + ANDECAVIS CVITAS.

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 4 d’un besant.

Reverse translation : (Cité d’Angers).

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/XF

180.00 €

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CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Denier AU

450.00 €

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CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole AU

580.00 €

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CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole AU

600.00 €

Full data

CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Denier AU

495.00 €

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v25_0844 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

CHARLES III THE SIMPLE

(898-923)

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