FRANCE. CAROLINGIAN. Melle. Charles the Bald/Charlemagne. 843-877 (King of France, the West Frankish Kingdom). AR denier. 1.62 gm. 22 mm. Central cross; +CARLVS REX FR / Karolus monogram; +METxVLLO. Morrison & Grunthal 1063 (Charlemagne, same basic design, M&G 172). Extremely Fine; lightly toned over fresh surfaces.

The Douglas Bayern Collection.

M&G note at 172: "This type was struck extensively under Charles the Bald...." Grierson (MEC I) 937 "All deniers of 'Melle'...cannot be distinguished with certainty from those struck early in Charles the Bald's reign." (p 544).