bca_959398 - CHARLES THE SIMPLE AND COINAGE IN HIS NAME Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 898-923
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Verdun
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et présente quelques faiblesses de frappe. Patine grise avec de petites taches
Obverse
Obverse legend : + REICIVIA+.
Obverse description : Monogramme de Charles (KAROLVS).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + VIRDVN CIVITA.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre besants.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Verdun).
Commentary
Les deniers frappés à Verdun sous Charles II dit “le Chauve” sont rares. Il existe toutefois de nombreuses variétés de légende. Nous attribuons cet exemplaire au règne de Charles III dit “le Simple” en raison de son type et de ses légendes particulièrement dégénérées. La légende du droit REICIVIA résulte peut-être d’une dégénérescence de la légende GRATIA DEI REX.
Historical background
CHARLES THE SIMPLE AND COINAGE IN HIS NAME
(898-923) and 10th century
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.
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