bca_400497 - CHARLES II LE CHAUVE / THE BALD Obole
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 500.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 500.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: Édit de Pistres, 25/06/864
Mint name / Town : Rouen
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,49 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cet exemplaire est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs et mais aussi quelques faiblesses de frappe. Une patine grise de médaillier recouvre cette obole. Petite tache à 9 heures au droit
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la live auction d’avril 2016, n° bca_386210
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CRATIA D-I REX.
Obverse description : Monogramme de Charles (CAROLVS).
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + ROTVMACVS CII.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Rouen).
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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