Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 2081. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $1850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE. Carolingians. Louis the Pius, as Augustus. 814-840. AR Denier (1.73 gm). Melle mint. H LVDOVVICVS IMP AVC, laureate and draped bust right (slightly barbarous) / +METALLVM, pair of coining dies joined, and flanked by hammers. Prou 713; M&G 396; Depeyrot -; MEC I -. Good VF, partial weak strike on reverse. Rare. ($2500)