CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Denier (21mm, 1.56 g, 7h). Cross and temple type. Unspecified (Orléans) mint. Struck 840-864. + CΛRLVS REX FR, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / XPISTIΛNΛ RELICIO, temple façade. Coupland, Early, Group D; Depeyrot 1189; M&G 1159; MEC 1, 846-9. Iridescent toning. Good VF.
From the David J. Fleischmann Collection. Ex Pegasi BBS 122 (26 March 2001), lot 470.