CNG 106, Lot: 922. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (21mm, 1.67 g, 7h). Class 2. Venecias (Venice) mint. Struck 819-822. + HLVDOVVICVS I(MP), cross pattée / +VEN/ECIAS in two lines. Coupland, Money –; Depeyrot 1116D; M&G 456; MEC 1, 789. Good VF, toned.

From the Norman Frank Collection.