Richard I "Lionheart"

Something I never thought I would own, a coin of Richard "Lionheart".

Got it very cheap from David L. Tranbarger.


Anglo-Gallic, Aquitaine, Richard I Cœur de Lion ("the Lionhearted"), Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine 1172-1185 A.D., King of England 1189-1199 A.D.
AR denier
O: + / RICA / RDVS / ω.
R: +AQVITANIE. Cross pattée.
Bordeaux mint.
19mm
.83g
Elias 4; Poey D'Avant 2768.

The coins issued in Richard's French possessions are the only coins to bear his name. In addition to Aquitaine, coins were also struck in his name for Poitou. Richard's English coinage was entirely in the name of his father, Henry II.

 

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Excellent name recognition on a nice looking coin!

 

Nice Aquitaine issue! I'm in need of one of these. Have Poitou and England though:

French Feudal, Poitou
Richard I, r. 1168-1185
AR Denier, 17mm x 1 grams
Obv.: +RICARDUS REX, cross patée, annulet in third quarter
Rev.: PIC / TAVIE / NSIS, written in three parallel lines
Ref.: AGC 343A (1/a), Duplessy 926, Roberts 3887, SCBC 8008, De Wit 394


England
Richard I, r. 1189-1199 A.D.
London Mint, AR Short Cross Penny, 20.06mm x 1.8 grams
Obv.: [hEN]RICVS R[EX]. Bust facing seven pearled crown with sceptre
Rev.: +[RIC]ARD . ON . LVN. Short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle
Ref.: North 967, SCBC 1347, CC99 R11D-010, De Witt 3193

 

Nice coins! I love Medieval coinage/ esp. the ones from the Low Countries/Brabant/Flanders/Artois/Tournai....

 

Excellent coin @Mat Congratulations!

Here are my 2 from Poitou. I really like these Anglo-Gallic coins. Some are very difficult to find.



Richard I (1189-1199)
Anglo-Gallic Poitou
Denier
(18.67 mm 1.04 g 5h)
E 8 W 340 a S 8008
Obv: Cross Pattee + RICARDVS REX
Annulet in third quarter
Rev: Inscription in three lines PIC TAVIE NSIS
Coins and historical medals from the collection formed by the late Revd. Charles Campbell
Dix Noonan Webb Online Auction September 13, 2017 Lot 163


Richard I (1189-1199)
Anglo-Gallic Poitou
Denier
(19.48 mm 1.09 g 1h)
Elias 8b, W 343a , S 8008
Obv: Cross Pattee + RICARDVS REX
Rev: Inscription in three lines” PIC TAVIE NSIS
Coins and historical medals from the collection formed by the late Revd. Charles Campbell
Dix Noonan Webb Online Auction September 13, 2017 Lot 163

 

Nice. I'm glad you finally got one. Here are my Aquataine and Poitou coins of Richard I that you guys have seen before. These are some of my favorite coins.

 

Perhaps we should point out there are coins of Richard I of Normandy, 943 - 996 AD, who was a completely different person. You have to keep your Richard I's straight! His descendants included several English kings.

 

Thanks for posting this. I have seen coins of this Richard I before and your post reminds me that I want one.

 

We could also include this Richard as one of his descendants.

Richard I (of Normandy) - Richard II (N) - Robert I (N) - William II (N) or I (of England) - Henry I (E) - Matilda - Henry II (E&N plus a slew of other places) - Richard III (N) or I of England (This guy)

 

Looking at the list of Richard's offspring and counting the generations since then, I suspect most of us are also descended from him. 30-50 generations makes a lot of grandfathers with most of them used several times.

 

Sweet find Mat!

 

Yeah, that's a pretty dang sweet snag man...right on.

 

Richard the Fearless (Rouen) and Richard the Lionheart (Poitou):

 

So are there any portrait coins of this Richard I?

 

It depends on how you view the short cross pennies of the Angevin empire. Introduced by Henry II in 1180, the short cross coins were minted under his sons, Richard and John, up until Henry III with the legends and portrait style undergoing minor changes. The coins are divided into classes based on style of portrait, lettering, and moneyer, which would then indicate the ruler under whom the coin was minted. Even these classes are open ended, and one of the largest, 4, spans Richard and John. A class 3 of Richard won't look too dissimilar to a class 5 of John, so in my view it's hard to say there really is a portrait coin of either John (ignoring his Irish coins) or Richard since they are based off of highly stylized representation of Henry II.

 

Congrats @Mat on the new coin of Richard! Nothing beats the feeling of getting a coin thought out of reach.

It's great to see so many other Coeur de Lions on here, and even a couple Sans Peur. Nice coins everyone!

 

@alde now you need to get a coin from Issoudun and your are 3/3 for Richard's Anglo-Gallic issues. It might be a tall order, I've never seen one for sale.

 

Currently, until mid-April, there is an interesting exhibition in Speyer, RP (Germany) about that Richard from the initial post. The Lionheart and master of self promotion? Anyway, Speyer is the place where Richard was turned over to the HRE emperor who then had him imprisoned in nearby Trifels. This short intro video shows a few coins too; however, I have not seen the exhibition yet. They do have some great exhibits, but I don't know whether coins will actually be shown there. Can tell you next year ...

Christian

 

I have been on the lookout for one but have not seen it either. I understand they are quite rare.

 

There is also the very rare Cyprus issue from Richard on Crusade which contains a portrait, but it looks like any other Byzantine issue of the time, so i would not call it an actual portrait (having said it's rare, ive seen more of these for sale than i have the Issoudun issue... i believe some 2/3 of all the known issodouns are in museums)

The large amount of ransom paid for Richard had a numismatic effect in the Empire - since the English coins were of a higher silver content, the short cross issue began being imitated, and I would include having one of these (there are many different types) to round out any collection of Richard I coins (you can tell this is a little side project of mine... waiting on that Aquitaine then the rarer issues...)


German States, Osnabrück
Bishop Konrad I von Velber, r. 1227-1239 (1236-39)
AR Pfenning, 17.71 mm x 1 gram
Obv.: SANCT' PE[T']. Head of St. Peter facing holding key
Rev.: +CON[RAD]VS EPC'. Voided short cross with quatrefoil in each angle;
Ref.: De Wit 1837 variety