CNG 102, Lot: 1240. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (20mm, 1.68 g, 11h). Class 3. Unspecified (Milan) mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / + XPISTIANA RELICIO, temple façade. Coupland, Money, Group F; Depeyrot 1179; cf. M&G 472 (for type); cf. MEC 1, 797 ([Unspecified mint (Pavia?)]; for rev.). Good VF, toned.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.