FRANCE, Provincial. Maine (comté). Hugues II. Circa 939/955-991. AR Denier (21mm, 1.26 g, 6h). Immobilized type of Charles le Simple (the Simple), as Charles IV, King of West Francia, 898-922. Cinomans (Le Mans) mint. + GRΛTIΛ D–I REX, Carolus monogram / + CINOMΛNIS CIVITAS, cross pattée. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 91 (for type); Legros 553; Fécamp 8310; Duplessy, Féodales –; Poey d'Avant –; Roberts –. Toned. VF.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Elsen 107 (11 December 2010), lot 552.