A gold solidus of Louis the Pious (le Debonaire) was found in excavating in the churchyard at Maughold about 1884.  It was about 60 centimetres below the surface and about 12 metres south of the east end of the parish church, lying on a heap of small quartz pebbles.  A stone-lined early Christian grave was found about 60 centimetres distant from the coin, but at a lower level. The coin is kept at the Manx Museum (Accession No. 1954-1609).