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CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Denier (18mm, 1.50 g, 6h). Class 2. Tolosa (Toulouse) mint. Struck 864-877 and later. + CΛRLVS REX FR, cross pattée / + TOLOSA CIVI, Carolus monogram. Depeyrot 1003; M&G 1102; MEC 1, –. Light toning, struck withworn dies. VF.
From the Simon Coupland Collection. Ex OGN FPL 52 (Winter 2005), no. 263.
In 2016 Guillaume Sarah, Vincent Geneviève and Catherine Guerrot published a lengthy study of the 19th century Auzeville hoard in the Revue numismatique. This important hoard consisted exclusively of coins of Toulouse, minted for the most part by Charles the Bald and Pippin II of Aquitaine. Their exemplary study discussed the original size of the hoard and analysed its composition, including the silver content of many of the coins. This coin features in the article as no. 41. [S. Coupland]
From the Simon Coupland Collection. Ex OGN FPL 52 (Winter 2005), no. 263.
In 2016 Guillaume Sarah, Vincent Geneviève and Catherine Guerrot published a lengthy study of the 19th century Auzeville hoard in the Revue numismatique. This important hoard consisted exclusively of coins of Toulouse, minted for the most part by Charles the Bald and Pippin II of Aquitaine. Their exemplary study discussed the original size of the hoard and analysed its composition, including the silver content of many of the coins. This coin features in the article as no. 41. [S. Coupland]