Watch List notes:

Carolingians, Charles 'le Chauve' ('the Bald'; as Charles II, King of West Francia) AR Denier. Type A(a). Metullo (Melle) mint, 840-877. ✠ CARLVS REX FR, cross pattée / ✠ METVLLO, Karolus monogram. Depeyrot 626; M&G 1063; MEC 1, 924-33. 1.30g, 20mm, 10h.

Near Extremely Fine; old cabinet tone.

Acquired from Beaussant Lefèvre, Paris.