CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Denier (21mm, 1.32 g, 3h). Class 2. Palatina Mone(ta) (Palace) mint. Struck 864-877 and later. + CRΛTIΛ D–I RE+, Karolus monogram / + PΛLΛTINΛ MOME, cross pattée. Coupland, Early –; Depeyrot 750; M&G 628); MEC 1, –. Iridescent toning, areas of peripheral weakness. Good VF.