bca_343239 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 898-923
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Bourges
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,69 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier. La croix du droit apparaît en négatif au revers. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier avec quelques reflets bleutés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CARLVS IMP AVC.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Charles, empereur auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BITVRICES CIVIT, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).
Reverse description : Monogramme carolin (KAROLVS).
Reverse translation : (Cité de Bourges).
Historical background
CHARLES III THE SIMPLE
(898-923)
Charles III dit le Simple, posthumous son of Louis le Bègue, was born on November 17, 879. After the death of his older brothers, Louis III and Carloman, he was forgotten in the succession. In 888, after the deposition of Charles the Fat, he opposed the Robertian king Eudes and was crowned king in Reims on January 28, 893 by Archbishop Foulques. Eudes, shortly before his death (January 898), gave him his powers. His campaigns in Lorraine were disastrous and after being dethroned in 922, he became the captive of Herbert de Vermandois. On December 7, 929, he died in captivity at Péronne. His death marks the end of the Carolingian dynasty.
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