Live auction - bca_345488 - CHARLES II LE CHAUVE / THE BALD Obole
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| Estimate : | 1 300 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 31 March 2015 15:41:05 |
Type : Obole
Date: c. 840-855
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Bourges
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,65 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe au droit. Patine foncée de médaillier
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la maison Pages, achat du mois de janvier 1941
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CARLVS REX.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + AQVI/TANIA.
Reverse description : En deux lignes.
Reverse translation : (Aquitaine).
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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