Triton XVIII, Lot: 1434. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis l'Aveugle (the Blind). As Emperor Louis III, 901-905. AR Denier (21mm, 1.38 g, 6h). Unspecified (Milan?) mint. + HIVDOVVICVI IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / + +IIIPIΛИΛ DIIICO, temple façade. Depeyrot 991; M&G 1576a; Gariel pl. LXIII, 4; cf. MEC 1, 1007 (Louis II; for type). Good VF, toned, slight loss of metal along edge. Very rare.

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