CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (18mm, 1.11 g, 9h). Class 3. Unspecified (Milan) mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / + XPISTIANA RELIGIO, temple façade. S. Coupland, “Quelques deniers retrouvés du trésor carolingien de Chaumoux-Marcilly (Cher),” BSFN 77.8 (2022), Fig. 1a; Coupland, Money, Group F; Depeyrot 662K; M&G 472; MEC 1, 792 (attributed to Pavia). Deeply toned with iridescence. Good VF.
Ex Victor England Ltd (14 September 1979), lot 166 (lot includes his original ticket).
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