CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (22.5mm, 1.73 g, 6h). Class 3. Unspecified (Dorestadt) mint. Struck 822-840.

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Lot: 25. Estimated: $ 300

The Richard A. Jourdan Collection – Early Medieval & Islamic, Silver

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CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (22.5mm, 1.73 g, 6h). Class 3. Unspecified (Dorestadt) mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / XPISTIΛNΛ RELIGIO, temple façade. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 90 (for type); Coupland, Money Group B; Depeyrot 1179; M&G –; MEC 1, –. Toned. EF.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex CNG Inventory 725179 (April 2001).

With the introduction of the Temple Facade / CHRISTIANA RELIGIO type of Louis the Pious the Carolingian coinage achieved a remarkable homogeneity. The use of mint names were abandoned and numismatists have assigned particular coins to different mints based on die studies, analysis of style, and find data.

Closing Date and Time: 25 March 2020 at 10:08:00 ET.

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