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Charles the Simple. Cristiana Religio Denier of Langres with Carolus monogram.
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Carolingian. Charles the Simple, King of West Francia. 898-922 AD. AR Cristiana Religio Denier (1.83ᵍᵐ 21.0ᵐᵐ 6ʰ) of Langres (Langres Hoard?). Short cross patée. ✠CΛRLVS REX. / Carolus monogram (₭ΛR◇LVS). X✠RI˙Λ˙IIΛ REIIϽIO (blundered legend). nEF. Davisson's Auction 43 #181 (Charles the Bald). Simon Coupland: Unlike the Christiana religio coins of Charles the Bald, bearing a temple on the reverse, which survive in large numbers and were struck at several mints, these monogram Christiana religio coins in the name of a king Charles are known in small numbers and were probably the product of a single mint. The hoard evidence indicates that they are coins of Charles the Simple, minted in the early tenth century, and suggests that they may well have been minted at Langres. They have namely turned up in just two hoards, Langres 1880, which contained no fewer than seven specimens alongside a GDR denier of Langres itself, and Neufchâteau 2008, discovered less than 60 km from Langres. [S. Coupland]" in CNG EA 411 #517. See also Simon Coupland (Neufchâteau I 2008) #10. Rare. Depeyrot 1197; M&G 1436v. cf. Gariel ("Charles") pl.45 #69 (XRIΛIIΛ IICIO)-70 (XPIΛIIΛ PIIICIO); Prou 1067 (XPIΛИΛ REIICIO)-1068 (XRIΛIIΛ IICIO); Roberts SCMF (Chas. the Bald [B] or Chas. the Simple [S]) #1287 [S] (XRIΛIIΛ IICIO). MEC I - .
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![Charles the Simple. Cristiana Religio Denier of Langres with Carolus monogram.
Carolingian. Charles the Simple, King of West Francia. 898-922 AD. AR Cristiana Religio Denier (1.83ᵍᵐ 21.0ᵐᵐ 6ʰ) of Langres (Langres Hoard?). Short cross patée. ✠CΛRLVS REX. / Carolus monogram (₭ΛR◇LVS). X✠RI˙Λ˙IIΛ REIIϽIO (blundered legend). nEF. Davisson's Auction 43 #181 (Charles the Bald). Simon Coupland: Unlike the Christiana religio coins of Charles the Bald, bearing a temple on the reverse, which survive in large numbers and were struck at several mints, these monogram Christiana religio coins in the name of a king Charles are known in small numbers and were probably the product of a single mint. The hoard evidence indicates that they are coins of Charles the Simple, minted in the early tenth century, and suggests that they may well have been minted at Langres. They have namely turned up in just two hoards, Langres 1880, which contained no fewer than seven specimens alongside a GDR denier of Langres itself, and Neufchâteau 2008, discovered less than 60 km from Langres. [S. Coupland]" in CNG EA 411 #517. See also Simon Coupland (Neufchâteau I 2008) #10. Rare. Depeyrot 1197; M&G 1436v. cf. Gariel ("Charles") pl.45 #69 (XRIΛIIΛ IICIO)-70 (XPIΛIIΛ PIIICIO); Prou 1067 (XPIΛИΛ REIICIO)-1068 (XRIΛIIΛ IICIO); Roberts SCMF (Chas. the Bald [B] or Chas. the Simple [S]) #1287 [S] (XRIΛIIΛ IICIO). MEC I - .](albums/userpics/49243/normal_Carolingia_ChasSimple_MG_1436_.jpg "Click to view full size image
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Charles the Simple. Cristiana Religio Denier of Langres with Carolus monogram.
Carolingian. Charles the Simple, King of West Francia. 898-922 AD. AR Cristiana Religio Denier (1.83ᵍᵐ 21.0ᵐᵐ 6ʰ) of Langres (Langres Hoard?). Short cross patée. ✠CΛRLVS REX. / Carolus monogram (₭ΛR◇LVS). X✠RI˙Λ˙IIΛ REIIϽIO (blundered legend). nEF. Davisson's Auction 43 #181 (Charles the Bald). Simon Coupland: Unlike the Christiana religio coins of Charles the Bald, bearing a temple on the reverse, which survive in large numbers and were struck at several mints, these monogram Christiana religio coins in the name of a king Charles are known in small numbers and were probably the product of a single mint. The hoard evidence indicates that they are coins of Charles the Simple, minted in the early tenth century, and suggests that they may well have been minted at Langres. They have namely turned up in just two hoards, Langres 1880, which contained no fewer than seven specimens alongside a GDR denier of Langres itself, and Neufchâteau 2008, discovered less than 60 km from Langres. [S. Coupland]\" in CNG EA 411 #517. See also Simon Coupland (Neufchâteau I 2008) #10. Rare. Depeyrot 1197; M&G 1436v. cf. Gariel (\"Charles\") pl.45 #69 (XRIΛIIΛ IICIO)-70 (XPIΛIIΛ PIIICIO); Prou 1067 (XPIΛИΛ REIICIO)-1068 (XRIΛIIΛ IICIO); Roberts SCMF (Chas. the Bald [B] or Chas. the Simple [S]) #1287 [S] (XRIΛIIΛ IICIO). MEC I - .")
