205, Lot: 484. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen. Circa 985-1000. AR Pfennig (21mm, 1.50 g, 6h). Church with cross in center; pellets flanking / Cross with pellet in each quarter; all within circular border of pellets. Gumowski 37 var. (no pellets flanking church); Dannenberg 1325 var. (same). VF, toned, a few peck marks.

This type is derivecd from a Carolingian denier of Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious).