CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (20mm, 1.72 g, 6h). Class 3. Unspecified (Pavia?) mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / + XPISTIANA RELIGIO, temple façade. Coupland, Money Group F (Milan); Depeyrot 1179; M&G 472; MEC 1, 802. Toned, scratch. VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 708578 (August 1998).
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