CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Denier (19mm, 1.63 g, 9h). Class 3. Unspecified mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / XPISTIANA RELIGIO, temple façade. Coupland, Money –; Depeyrot 1179; M&G 472; MEC 1, . VF, toned, porosity, slightly wavy flan.
From the Simon Coupland Collection, purchased from ebaY France, 7 December 2013.