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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;alde, post: 3338247, member: 6043&quot;]We have some very knowledgeable historians on Coin Talk and I&#039;m not one of them. I would love to do a historical writeup on these coins and the rulers but I won&#039;t copy and paste a bunch of stuff from the web. That&#039;s not fair to the author of the information or the people here who are smarter than I am in this field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here are three interesting Carolingian coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Louis the Pius (or the Fair), 822-840 was co-emperor with his father Charlemagne from 813.</p><p>Obv. +HLVDOVVICVS IMP</p><p>Rev. +XPISTIANA RELIGIO</p><p>20mm 1.60 grams</p><p>MEC 794[ATTACH=full]884156[/ATTACH]</p><p>Charles the Bald 840-877 was son of Louis the Pius. He was king during the Viking raid of 845 when 120 Viking ships raided Paris led by the famous Ragnar Lothbrok.</p><p>Obv. +CARLVS REX R</p><p>Rev. +MET X VLLO around monogram</p><p>21mm 1.67 grams</p><p>MEC 936</p><p>[ATTACH=full]884161[/ATTACH]</p><p>Charles the Simple (or the Straightforward) 898-954 has another Viking connection. He was King when Rollo raided Paris in 911 with whom a treaty was negotiated creating the Duchy of Normandy.</p><p>Obv. CARLVS REX I</p><p>Rev. MET/ALO in two lines</p><p>22mm .93 grams</p><p>Roberts 3863</p><p>[ATTACH=full]884172[/ATTACH]</p><p>Please jump in with any Carolingian coins or information. And please let me know if I got anything wrong. I&#039;m always wanting to improve my knowledge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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