CAROLINGIANS. Charlemagne (Charles the Great). As Charles I, King of the Franks, 768-814. AR Denier (17mm, 1.25 g, 6h). Class 2. Medolus (Melle) mint. Struck 771-793. C(AR)o/LVS in two lines / mEDOLVS around central ornament. Coupland, Charlemagne 4; Depeyrot 605; M&G 268 corr. (rev. legend); MEC I, 727. Toned, a few scratches. Near VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 708578 (December 1998); W. Subjack Collection (Vecchi 13, 4 September 1998), lot 48.
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