CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Denier (20.5mm, 1.44 g, 7h). Cross and temple type. Senones (Sens) mint. Struck 840-864. + CΛRLVS REX FR, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / SENONES CIVITΛS, temple façade. Coupland, Early 29; Depeyrot 928; Vandenbossche & Coupland 17-21; M&G 982; MEC 1, 844. VF, toned, encrustation, slight flan chip. Rare.
From the Simon Coupland Collection, purchased from ebaY France, December 2012.