Live auction - bca_340800 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2014 15:53:27 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Obole
Date: c. 898-923
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Bourges
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,63 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan large parfaitement centré. Très beau droit et joli revers, servis par une magnifique patine grise de médaillier. La croix du droit apparaît en négatif au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire n° 10 du trésor d’Huriel (Allier), découvert en 1904 et publié en 1906 dans les “mémoires de la société des antiquaires du Centre”. Exemplaire vendu avec son étiquette écrite à la plume. Exemplaire provenant de MONNAIES 60, n° 72
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CARLVS IMP AVC.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Charles, empereur auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BITVRICES CIVIT, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).
Reverse description : Monogramme carolin (KAROLVS).
Reverse translation : (Cité de Bourges).
Commentary
Obole particulièrement rare pour ce monnayage.
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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