bca_872644 - CHARLES III THE SIMPLE Obole
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Type : Obole
Date: c. 898-923
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Bourges
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Obole frappée sur un flan un peu court et légèrement irrégulier. Quelques faiblesses de frappe sont visibles sur les motifs centraux de l’avers et du revers ainsi que dans la légende de l’avers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CARLVS IMP AVC.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Charles, empereur auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BITVRICES CIVI, (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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