Tag Archive for: Carolingian

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…