Triton XVIII, Lot: 1368. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Pépin 'le Bref' (the Short). King of the Franks, 754/5-768. AR Denier (17mm, 1.24 g, 5h). Sancta Maria (Laon [episcopal]) mint. Large R • P •; long bar above / SCÆ/(MAR)I in two lines; long bar above. Depeyrot 492 (this coin referenced and illustrated); M&G 13 var. (rev. legend); MEC 1, –. Good VF, toned. Unique.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Alan Davisson, 10 January 2010. Found in the départment de l’Aisne, Picardy.