Triton XVIII, Lot: 1411. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis. As Louis III, King of West Francia, 879-882. AR Denier (21mm, 1.71 g, 8h). Turones (Tours) mint. + MISERECORDIΛ D–I REX, Hludovicus monogram / + TVRONES CIVITΛS, cross pattée; quadrate O in legend. Depeyrot 1041; M&G 1255; MEC 1, 967. Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 10 March 2010 .