Watch List notes:

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). John VIII. 872-882. AR Denaro (22mm, 1.29 g, 6h). nomine Charles II or Charles III, Holy Roman emperor. Rome mint. + KAROLV(horizontal S) (MP), IOHANS monogram / S/C/S to left, P/E/TR/VS to right, half-length bust of St. Peter, wearing mantum and stole, facing slightly left, holding cross-tipped scepter. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 95; CNI XV 5; MIR 47; Muntoni 2; Berman 36; MEC 1, 1053. Deeply toned. Good VF. Good metal for issue. Very rare.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Künker 254 (6 October 2014), lot 1130.

After the death of Charles the Bald in 877, Pope John VIII reintroduced a handsome denier depicting Saint Peter.