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Charles the Bald immobilized under Hugh I

AR denier, 1.48gr., 21mm. Obv:+CIATIA DI REX, retrograde with central mangled monogram. Rev:+CIHOHANIS CVITAS, central cross. Mint is LeMans. Dumas 8121-8125, 1st series (weights 1.48 - 1.2). Dumas breaks the hoard into two series. The first is earlier and similar to a hoard dating from the 920s. It is characterized by elongated letters and heavier weights. Hugues I was comte de LeMans 955-1015.