v25_0844 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
Realised price : 865.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 650.00 €
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
Realised price : 865.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 650.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 898-923
Mint name / Town : Angers
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,63 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large et légèrement voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine hétérogène et tréflé
Obverse
Obverse legend : + GRTIA DI REX.
Obverse description : entre deux grènetis, monogramme Karolus.
Obverse translation : (Charles, roi, par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + ANDECAVIS CVITAS.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 4 d’un besant.
Reverse translation : (Cité d’Angers).
Historical background
CHARLES III THE SIMPLE
(898-923)
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. His death marks the end of the Carolingian dynasty.
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