290, Lot: 467. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (20mm, 1.45 g, 6h). Dorestad mint. Struck 822/3-840. +HLVDOCCICVS, cross with pellet in each quarter / +XPISTIANA RELIGIO, cross within temple. Coupland, Money Class III, Group B; Depeyrot 1179; M&G 472; MEC 1, 800; EMC 2010.0132 (this coin). Good VF, find patina.

Found near Sandwich, Kent, in 2010.