Very Rare Portrait Denier

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1314. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (1.73 g, 1h). Class I. Melle mint. Struck circa 814-819. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP AVG, laureate and draped bust right / + METALLVM, two dies and hammers. Coupland, Money, pl. I, 3; Depeyrot 607; Haertle 748/001; M&G 396; MEC 1, 758. Good VF, lightly toned. Exceptional metal quality. Very rare portrait denier.