Triton XVIII, Lot: 1403. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (21mm, 1.47 g, 8h). Class 3. Unspecified (Orléans) mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / XPISTIΛNΛ RELIGIO, temple façade. Coupland, Money, Group E, 3; Depeyrot 1179; M&G 472; cf. MEC 1, 794 and 800 (for type). Good VF, toned.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 15 August 2009.