Obol - Louis III the Blind Arles mint

Louis III — known as "the Blind" after his capture by Berengar I of Italy in 897, who had him blinded and released as a political non-threat — ruled Lower Burgundy and Provence during one of the most fractured periods of Carolingian dissolution. The Arles mint was among the few functioning royal mints still producing silver at meaningful volume in the region, as Saracen raids along the Rhône corridor had severely disrupted economic activity throughout his reign.