Bourges as Aquitania Mint

CNG 99, Lot: 934. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (21mm, 1.79 g, 4h). Class 2. Aquitania (Bourges) mint. Struck 819-822. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée / AOVI/TANIA in two lines; cross above and below. Coupland, Money, –; Depeyrot 178; M&G 390; MEC 1, 763-764. Near EF, lightly toned. Well struck.

From the Michael Joffre Collection. Ex Elsen FPL 207 (January-February 2000), no. 634.