France: Carolingians, Carloman (879-84), Denier, Substantion, carlaman re, cross, rev. svstancione, monogram, 1.31g/1h (MEC 968 var.). Some tooling or damage in reverse margin, otherwise very fine, extremely rare £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of France from the Collection of the late Tony Merson.

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Provenance: Bt M. Phillips September 1996.

Substantion was a relatively important town in ancient and early medieval times. Its remains lie north of Castelnau-le-Lez, on the outskirts of Montpellier