Triton XVIII, Lot: 1402. Estimate $300. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (21mm, 1.55 g, 8h). Class 3. Unspecified (Milan?) mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / XPISTIANA RELIGIO, temple façade. Cf. Coupland, Money, Group F; Depeyrot 1179; M&G 472; cf. MEC 1, 793 (for type). Good VF, toned.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Elsen 102 (12 September 2009), lot 446.