Paris Mint

CNG 99, Lot: 936. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (20mm, 1.75 g, 9h). Class 2. Parisii (Paris) mint. Struck 819-822. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée / PARISII across field. Coupland, Money –; Depeyrot 759; M&G 361; MEC 1, 781. Good VF, toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXVII (Summer 2002), no. 100.