349, Lot: 614. Estimate $750. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Lothaire I. As Emperor, 840-855. AR Denier (21mm, 1.41 g, 3h). Papia (Pavia) mint. + HIO(TH)ARIVS IMP AV, cross pattée / PAPIA across field. Coupland, Lothar, pl. 37, 34 ; Depeyrot 780J; M&G 556 = Hannover Inv. 1929.81; MEC 1, 822. VF, toned, flaws on reverse. Rare.

From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Elsen 102 (12 September 2009), lot 450.