James N. Roberts, Silver Coins of Medieval France. New, hard cover, 9 1/4" x 11 3/8", 587 pages. Line drawings of over 8,000 French and related medieval coins, both feudal and regal, with concordances to the major primary references. $89.50, media mail postage included.

Allen G. Berman, Price Guide to the Silver Coins of Medieval France. New, soft cover, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 54 pages. Price guide (published 2005) to accompany SCMF. Not always accurate -- and often low in the current market -- but still a good guide to relative rarity. $13.95, plus media mail postage of $2.00.

Celts, Northwest Gaul, the Coriosolites, billon stater, Class II, circa 75-50 BCE. Obv: head right. Rev: horse right, boar below, degraded figure of charioteer above. La Tour 6598, D & T 2340, SCBC 15. Weight 6.42 grams, 21 x 22 mm. Good Fine - about VF. SOLD

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Celts, Northwest Gaul, the Coriosolites, billon stater, Class II, circa 75-50 BCE. Obv: head right. Rev: horse right, boar below, degraded figure of charioteer above. La Tour 6598, D & T 2340, SCBC 15. Weight 6.182 grams, 20 x 21 mm. About VF, some graininess both sides, not nearly as distracting in person as in the picture. $195.

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Carolingians, Charles the Bald (le Chauve, 840-877), denier, Clermont-Ferrand. Type of 840-864. Obv: cross, +CARLVS REX. Rev: monogram, legend begins at left +CLAROMIINT. Depeyrot 331, MEC --. Weight 1.69 grams, 20.5 mm. VF or about that. Very scarce. SOLD

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Le Puy, anonymous bishops circa 950, denier. Duplessy Féodales 837. Obv: six-armed cross, SCE MARIAE. Rev: cross, +MONETA. Weight 1.13 grams, 21 mm. About VF for the type. This type was found in the Fécamp hoard (deposited 977), but was totally absent in the Le Puy hoard deposited about 100 years later. This fairly well fixes the mid-10th century date. $125.

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