CAROLINGIANS. Louis 'le Pieux' (the Pious). As Emperor Louis I, 814-840. AR Obole (16mm, 0.69 g, 2h). Class 3. Unspecified mint. Struck 822-840. + HLVDOVVICVS (IN)P, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / +PISTIΛNΛ REICIO, temple façade. Coupland, Money –; Depeyrot 1180; M&G 473; MEC 1, 809. VF, toned, a couple of traces of green deposits, slight edge chip. Rare.
From the Simon Coupland Collection, purchased from ebaY France, October 2013.