FRANCE / CAROLINGIENS - FRANCE / CAROLINGIAN Louis the Pious (814-840). Obola with ND monetary instruments (814-819), Melle. Av. + H LVDOVVICVS IMP. Cross. Rv + METALLVM. Two monetary corners with two hammers. P.714 - MG.397 - MEC.- ; Silver - 0,63 g - 15 mm - 2 h Strike slightly off-centre on the right. Graffiti in the field. The surfaces slightly corroded. VERY GOOD. For the first issue of Louis the Pious, continuing the last issue of Charlemagne, and consisting of denarii with imperial bust or other types. The choice of striking tools for the type on the reverse alludes to the silver mines of Melle, famous in the Middle Ages, and to the workshop that was located there.