Obol - Charles II Quentovic mint

The Quentovic mint sat at the mouth of the Canche River in what is now the Pas-de-Calais — one of the most strategically vital trading ports in the Carolingian world, linking Francia directly to England and Frisian markets. Its output was substantial enough that Viking raiders sacked the settlement repeatedly, effectively destroying it as a functioning town by the late ninth century. This obol falls within the window defined by the Edict of Pîtres in 864, through which Charles II overhauled Frankish coinage and restricted minting rights to specified royal sites, Quentovic among them.