v61_0409 - CHARLES THE SIMPLE AND COINAGE IN HIS NAME Obole
MONNAIES 61 (2014)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 750.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 1 250.00 €
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 750.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 1 250.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 898-923
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,57 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan large et régulier. Trace d’une légère pliure. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Reliefs plus nets au revers qu’au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + GRATIA D-EX.
Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (carolus).
Obverse translation : (Charles, par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + / PARI / ISII + / .:.
Reverse description : en quatre lignes dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (Paris).
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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