v42_0026 - CHARLES THE SIMPLE AND COINAGE IN HIS NAME Obole
MONNAIES 42 (2010)
Starting price : 2 000.00 €
Estimate : 4 000.00 €
Realised price : 3 100.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 3 260.00 €
Starting price : 2 000.00 €
Estimate : 4 000.00 €
Realised price : 3 100.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 3 260.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 898-920
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Arpajon
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,43 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan irrégulier et légèrement voilée. Reliefs plus nets au revers qu’au droit
Obverse
Obverse legend : + GR[A]TIA DI.
Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (KAROLVS) avec S rétrograde.
Obverse translation : (Charles, par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + / CASEI / ....... /CIITA / +.
Reverse description : en cinq lignes dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Cassel).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire, contrairement à celui conservé au Cabinet des médailles de Paris, présente une S rétrograde au niveau du monogramme. Frappé avec le même coin de revers que l’exemplaire vendu dans MONNAIES XXIII, n° 947 (attribuée à 2390 euros dans un état de conservation moindre).
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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