France Burgundy 937-993 AD Denier NGC MS62 Lyon Mint Conrad the Pacific RARE !

Description

Burgundy. Conrad the Pacific (937-993) Denier ND MS62 NGC,
Lyon mint, Rob-1892, Dep-531. +CONRADVS, cross pattee / +LVGDVNVS, cross on hill. 21mm. 1.12gm.
Splendidly lustrous and just slightly toned, currently standing as the finest example of the type certified by NGC.
Pedigreed From the Morris Collection.
Graded NGC MS 62.  Census [1/0] Total of 2. Clearly extremely rare in this grade.
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Conrad the Pacific, King of Burgundy
He was the son of King Rudolph II, the first ruler over the united territories of Upper and Lower Burgundy since 933, and his consort Bertha, a daughter of Duke Burchard II of Swabia. Some sources call him Conrad III, since he was the third Conrad in his family: his great-grandfather was Duke Conrad II, whose father was Count Conrad I.
According to the chronicler Ekkehard IV, in a story that is probably apocryphal, when Conrad learned that both the Magyars and the Saracens of Fraxinetum were marching against him, he sent envoys to both armies warning them of the other. The envoys offered Burgundian aid to each invader against the other and then informed them of the other's whereabouts. When the Magyars and Saracens met, the Burgundians held back and only attacked when the opposing forces were spent. In this way, both invading armies were destroyed and the captives sold into slavery.