v25_0849 - CHARLES THE SIMPLE AND COINAGE IN HIS NAME Denier
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 850.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 850.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: c. 898-923
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,39 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et recouvert d’une patine foncée et hétérogène. Exemplaire présentant des reliefs plus nets au droit qu’au revers. Le revers est tréflé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CDATIA D- REX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).
Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (KAROLVS).
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + METTIS CIVITAS.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 2 d’un besant.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Metz).
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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