v23_0948 - CHARLES THE SIMPLE AND COINAGE IN HIS NAME Denier
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 325.00 €
Number of bids : 13
Maximum bid : 370.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 325.00 €
Number of bids : 13
Maximum bid : 370.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 898-920
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Bruges
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier. Reliefs nets et exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit
Obverse
Obverse legend : + GRVTA C- REX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).
Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (KAROLVS).
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BPVCCIA MO.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre triangles.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Bruges).
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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