bca_296995 - CHARLES II LE CHAUVE / THE BALD Obole
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 864-875
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Orléans
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,85 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large. Droit tréflé et joli revers. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CRATIA D-I REX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).
Obverse description : Monogramme de Charles (KAROLVS).
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + AVRELIANIS CIVITAS.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Cité d'Orléans).
Historical background
CHARLES II LE CHAUVE / THE BALD
(20/06/840-6/10/877)
Charles the Bald became king on the death of his father, Louis the Pious, on June 20, 840. At the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the Carolingian empire was shared between Louis' three sons. Lothair receives Lotharingia, Louis the German, Francia Orientalis and Charles Francia Occidentalis. The type with the Christian legend predates 864 and the reform of the Edict of Pîtres, but it must be later than 843. It may have been struck between 850 and 860.
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