1381. CAROLINGIANS. Charlemagne (Charles the Great). As Charles I, King of the Franks, 768-814. AR Denier (17mm, 1.14 g, 11h). Class 2. Sancti Firm[i]ni (Saint-Firmin [Amiens]) mint. Struck 771-793/4. ⍛A⌴/ǮVs in two lines / S⍛Ʃ/ śƩʽȰ/nƩ (triskeles) in three lines; bar above. Coupland, Charlemagne –; Depeyrot 37; M&G 125; MEC 1, –. Good VF, toned. Very rare. ($5000) From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from James F. Elmen, 22 July 2009. Ex Fürstenberg Collection (Cahn 79, 14 December 1932), lot 1210.
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1382. CAROLINGIANS. Charlemagne (Charles the Great). As Charles I, King of the Franks, 768-814. AR Denier (18mm, 1.33 g, 12h). Class 2. Stratburg (Strassburg) mint. Struck 771-793/4. ⍛A⌴/ǮVs in two lines; • between / S˶ʽ©˶BVʽű around central cross. Coupland, Charlemagne –; Depeyrot 954; M&G 97; MEC 1, –. VF, toned, slightly ragged flan, thin along edge. ($1000) From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 24 April 2010.
1383. CAROLINGIANS. Charlemagne (Charles the Great). As Charles I, King of the Franks, 768-814. AR Denier (21mm, 1.47 g, 10h). Class 3. Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Struck 793/4-812. ส æ²⎁ǮVs ⎁⍟ҟ ś⎁, cross pattée / ส ȵeĕƩ⌴⌦, ü²⎁⌴ǮVs monogram. Coupland, Charlemagne 16; Depeyrot 662F; M&G 212; MEC 1, 743. Good VF, find patina. ($2000) From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 10 November 2009.
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1384. CAROLINGIANS. Charlemagne (Charles the Great). As Charles I, King of the Franks, 768-814. AR Denier (21mm, 1.37 g, 11h). Class 3. Narbona (Narbonne) mint. Struck 793/4-812. ส æ²⎁ǮVs ⎁⍟ҟ ś⎁, cross pattée / ส n¬⎁B⌴n¬, ü²⎁⌴ǮVs monogram. Coupland, Charlemagne –; Depeyrot 689; M&G 185; MEC 1, –. VF, toned. ($2000) From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
1385. CAROLINGIANS. Charlemagne (Charles the Great). As Charles I, King of the Franks, 768-814. AR Denier (21mm, 1.49 g, 9h). Class 3. Papia (Pavia) mint. Struck 793/4-812. แ æ²⎁ǮVs ⎁⍟ҟ ś⎁, cross pattée / ส P•²PƩ², ü²⎁⌴ǮVs monogram. Coupland, Charlemagne –; Depeyrot 780E; M&G 208; MEC 1, 744. Good VF, toned. ($2000) From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Künker 175 (28 September 2010), lot 2156.
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