Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1878. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venice. Louis the Pious. 814-840. AR Denaro (1.13 gm). Cross / +VEN/ECIAS in two lines. CNI VII pg. 4, 18; Papadopoli 3; Scarfea 2; Biaggi 2746; M&G 456; Prou 917; MEC 1, 789. Toned EF, a couple spots of encrustation. Rare. ($600)

From the first epoch of Venetian coinage, while still under Carolingian domination.