Narbonne Mint

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1396. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (21mm, 1.38 g, 12h). Class 2. Narbona (Narbonne) mint. Struck 819-822. + IHVDOVVCVS IMP, cross pattée / NAR/BONA in two lines; • between. Coupland, Money –; Depeyrot 690 var. (obv. legend); M&G 430 var. (same); MEC 1, 779 var. (same). VF, toned. Rare.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Elsen 102 (12 September 2009), lot 438; Hess-Divo 302 (27 October 2005), lot 35.