Triton XVIII, Lot: 1405. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Obol (16mm, 0.47 g, 12h). Class 3. Unspecified mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS IHP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / +PISTIANA RELICIO, temple façade. Cf. Coupland, Money, Group D; Depeyrot 1180; M&G 473; MEC 1, 809. VF, toned.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 5 April 2010.