FRANCE / CAROLINGIENS - FRANCE / CAROLINGIAN Louis the Pious (814-840). Denarius with portrait ND (814-819), Milan. Av. H LVDOVVICVS IMP AVG. Laureate bust draped right. Rv. + MEDIOLANVM. Tetrastyle temple on two tiers, a cross inside. MG.449 - Gariel 82 - Crippa.1/B - MEC.I.- (and p. 213, class I) ; Silver - 1,54 g - 20,5 mm - 5 h PCGS Genuine Environmental Damage-XF Detail (60810931). The flan is wide, slightly veiled, with black concretions on the reverse. The fields have been rubbed, especially on the right. Very nice bust of the Emperor. TTB to Superb / TTB. Only 23 copies listed by Simon Coupland in 2018 [The Productivity of a Crisis: The Reign of Louis the Pious (814-840) and the Transformation of the Carolingian Empire (Ostfildern), "Great David's Greater Son? The Portrait Coinage of Louis the Pious", pp. 37-63]