City Mint of Louis Pious
Arles Mint

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1390. Estimate $750. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (22mm, 1.69 g, 3h). Class 2. Arelatum (Arles) mint. Struck 819-822. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée / AREL/ATVM in two lines; • between. Coupland, Money –; Depeyrot 61; M&G 439; MEC 1, 765. Good VF, toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 64 (24 September 2003), lot 1410.