Triton XVIII, Lot: 1412. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis. As Louis III, King of West Francia, 879-882. AR Denier (20mm, 1.76 g, 2h). Turones (Tours) mint. + IIISIRICORPIΛ I’I REX, Hludovicus monogram / + TVROИES CIVITΛS, cross pattée; quadrate O in legend. Depeyrot 1041; M&G 1256; MEC 1, 967 var. (legends). EF, attractive deep toning. Rare.

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