v42_0033 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole
MONNAIES 42 (2010)
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole
Date: c. 900
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,73 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan assez large, légèrement irrégulier et voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine foncée
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant du trésor de la région de Cambrai (partie découverte en 2009)
Obverse
Obverse legend : + [...]AITA[...]IO, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).
Obverse description : Monogramme carolin (CAROLVS).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + ICIDVCTI-I.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un besant.
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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