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Electronic Auction 464  25 Mar 2020
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Lot 31

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 1500 USD
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CAROLINGIANS. temp. Robert I. King of West Francia, 922-923. AR Denier (19mm, 1.19 g, 11h). Turon/Cainoni Castro (Chinon et Tours) mint. [T]VRON, diademed and mantled bust right / [+] CΛI[N]O[NI C]ASTR[O], cross pattée. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe; Crinon, Catalogue, Group 1, Series 1, Variety 1, p. 73; Poey d'Avant 1670 = Fécamp pl. XIV = Crinon, "À propos de deniers inédits de Blois (Xe siècle): le monnayage à la tête dans les domaines de Thibaud de Tours et Thibaud Ier (durant les deux premiers tiers du Xe s.)," BSFN 48.1 (January 1993), p. 469. Darkly toned, areas of typical flat strike. Good VF.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 1443; Elsen 105 (12 June 2010), lot 391.
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