Coins and Historical Medals

France: Carolingians, Early 10th century, anonymous Denier, Bourges, bitvrices civit, monogram, rev. bitvrices civita, cross, 1.65g/1h (Boudeau 265). Good very fine and very rare £150-200

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 H. Simmons February 1993.

On grounds of style, weight and apparent fineness, the late vendor attributed this anonymous type to the period after Charles the Fat and before Lothaire (c. 890-950)