CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald), as Charles II, king of West Francia, 840-877. Denier (Silver, 20 mm, 1.34 g, 1 h), Curtisasonien (Courcessin or Courgeon), 864-877. ✠ CRΛTIΛ D–I REX around Karolus monogram. Rev. ✠ HCVRTISΛS◊NIEH Cross pattée. Depeyrot 375 (Courgeon). M&G 895 (Curtisassonien). Nicely toned. Very fine.
From the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.