CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (22mm, 1.61 g, 5h). Class 3. Unspecified (Venice) mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / XPISTIANA RELIGIO, temple façade. Coupland, Money, Group G; Depeyrot 1179; M&G 472; MEC 1, –. VF, toned, slight double strike on obverse.
From the Simon Coupland Collection. Ex Vinchon (31 May 2017), lot 265 (part of).