WORLD COINS, FRANCE, Carolingian. Charlemagne (Charles the Great), as Charles I, King of the Franks, (768-814). Silver Denier, undated. 18mm, 1.21 g. Class 2. Arles (Uncertain Provençal) mint. Struck 771-793/4. C(AR)o /./ LVS in two lines / AR/DIS in two lines (triple pellets)+(triple pellets) between. (M&G 238; Depeyrot-86; Cf. Coupland, p.216; MEC I, 722). Traces of fine patina. Very rare. Choice very fine.
ex Triton XVIII, lot 1371.
Estimate: $ 4,500