CNG 88, Lot: 1769. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (20mm, 1.43 g, 1h). Class 3. Uncertain mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / + XPISTIΛNΛ RELICIO, tetrasyle temple façade; cross within. Coupland, Money -; Depeyrot 1179; M&G 472; MEC 1, 802. VF, toned, slight porosity.