CAROLINGIANS. temp. Charles le Simple (the Simple) – Louis d'Outremer. 898-954. AR Denier (22.5mm, 1.40 g, 6h). Immobilized type of Melle mint of Charles le Chauve or Charles le Simple. Struck circa AD 900-950. + CΛRLVS REX R, cross pattée / MET/ΛLO in two lines; pellet above and trace of pellet below. Cf. Depeyrot 629 (for type); M&G –; MEC –; Fécamp 8381-7. VF, toned, trace of porosity on reverse.
From the Simon Coupland Collection. Ex Vinchon (31 May 2017), lot 265 (part of).