CNG 103, Lot: 975. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (20mm, 1.86 g, 3h). Class 2. Bituriges (Bourges) mint. Struck 819-822. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée / BITV/•/RIGES in three lines. Coupland, Money, –; Depeyrot 177; M&G 410; MEC 1, 766-767(same). EF, attractively toned.