FRANCE, Provincial. Maine (comté). temp. Hugues II. Circa 939/955-991. AR Denier (21mm, 1.30 g, 6h). Immobilized type of Charles le Simple (the Simple), as Charles IV, King of West Francia, 898-922. Cinomans (Le Mans) mint. + CRΛTIΛ D–I REX, Carolus monogram; S retrograde / + CIN+MΛNS CIVITAS, cross pattée. Cf. Fécamp 8331-6; Legros 552 var. (Ss retrograde in rev. legend); Duplessy, Feodales –. VF, toned.
From the Norman Frank Collection. Ex Pegasi 13 (8 November 2005), lot 773.