Tag Archive for: Carolingian

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Lothaire King AR Denier 954-986

Lothaire, 954-986 Morrison & Grunthal 1672, PCGS graded AU-55 Bourges. + LOTERIVS REX, short cross. Reverse: BITVRICES CIVITAS, church. Ex Künker (27 June 2017), 1829; Bernhard Terletzki Collection; Rauch (2011), 793
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Louis IV d’Outremer King AR Denier 936-954

Louis IV d'Outremer, 936-954 Depeyrot 318; Morrison & Grunthal 1631; MEC 1, -, PCGS graded VF-35 Chinon. LVDOVICVS REX, diademed bust of Louis IV right. Reverse: + CAINONI CASTRO, short cross. Ex Stack's (14 January 2008), 2465
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Louis IV d’Outremer King AR Denier 936-954

Louis IV d'Outremer, 936-954 Prou 470; Dumas 6834, PCGS graded AU-58 Louis IV was given the sobriquet d’Outremer (“from across the Sea”) by his Frankish subjects due to his childhood spent in exile at the court of Æthelstan, the…
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Raoul King AR Denier 923-936

Raoul, 923-936 Morrison & Grunthal -; MEC 1, -, PCGS graded AU-53 In 923, Raoul (Rudolph) the Duke of Burgundy and Count of Troyes was elected by the Frankish nobility to succeed his father-in-law, Robert I, as King of West Francia. His…
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Robert I King AR Denier 922-923

Robert I, 922-923 Crinon p. 73; Poey d’Avant 1670 = Fécamp pl. XIV = Crinon, “À propos de deniers inédits de Blois (Xe siècle): le monnayage à la tête dans les domaines de Thibaud de Tours et Thibaud Ier (durant les deux premiers…
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Charles III, the Simple King AR Denier 898-923

Charles III, the Simple, 898-923 Cf. Depeyrot 1197; Morrison & Grunthal 1437, PCGS graded AU-58 When Carloman II died in 884, Charles the Simple was prevented from succeeding his half-brother as King of West Francia due to the power of…
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Robert I King AR Denier 922-923

Robert I, 922-923 Crinon p. 73; Poey d’Avant 1670 = Fécamp pl. XIV = Crinon, “À propos de deniers inédits de Blois (Xe siècle): le monnayage à la tête dans les domaines de Thibaud de Tours et Thibaud Ier (durant les deux premiers…
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Eudes King AR Denier 887-898

Eudes, 887-898 Depeyrot 163; Morrison & Grunthal 1311; MEC 1, 980-1. Good, PCGS graded MS-63 Following the overthrow of Charles the Fat in 888, the Frankish nobility elected Odo (Eudes), the Count of Paris, to reign as the new King of…
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Charles II, the Fat King AR Denier 884-888

Charles II, the Fat, 884-888 Cf. Prou 881, PCGS graded XF-40 The Carolingian Holy Roman Emperor Charles II is traditionally given the nickname “the Fat,” but there is no evidence that this name was contemporary (it first appears in…
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Louis III King AR Denier 879-882

Louis III, 879-882 Cf. Morrison & Grunthal 1255-6; cf. Prou 453, PCGS graded AU-50 After his father died, Louis III ruled West Francia jointly with his elder brother Carloman II, taking Neustria as his share of the kingdom. In 880, the…