CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (20mm, 1.36 g, 12h). Class 3. Unspecified (Auxerre) mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS IИP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / +PISTIANA RELIGIO, temple façade. Coupland, Money –, but since assigned in his schema to Group K (for Melle); Vandenbossche & Coupland 10; Depeyrot 1179; M&G 472; MEC 1, –. VF, toned, slightly clipped flan.
From the Simon Coupland Collection, purchased from ebay France, December 2012. Reportedly purchased from an auction house in Lyon.