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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 5335061, member: 74712&quot;]A fine Richard the Fearless - but I believe he is father-in-law of Æthelred (I’m too lazy to look it up now, so am relying on memory):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225735[/ATTACH] Feudal France - Normandy</p><p>Richard I, r. 943-996</p><p>AR Denier, 21.1 mm x 1.3 grams</p><p>Obv.: +RICARDVS I. Cross pattee with pellets in angles</p><p>Rev.: ROTOMAGVS. Stylized chapel made from St. Andrew’s cross, with a pellet in the pediment</p><p>Ref.: Dumas XV-11, Duplessy 16</p><p><br /></p><p>He has another more enigmatic issue - I’m not sure I but the ‘Lothaire monogram’ argument, since it is based off a 19th century drawing of a Lothaire coin.&nbsp; I haven’t seen the actual coin myself (but to be fair, I haven’t looked hard either):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225746[/ATTACH] </p><p>Feudal France - Normandy</p><p>Richard I, r. 943-996</p><p>AR Denier, 20.53 mm x 1.2 grams</p><p>Obv.: +RICARDVS. Cross pattee with pellets in angles</p><p>Rev.: +ROTOMAGVS.&nbsp; Lothaire monogram</p><p>Ref.: Dumas XV-23, Duplessy 18</p><p><br /></p><p>for the Richard the Lionheart, the bust portrait is really just a continuation of his father’s coinage as an immobilized type, and is probably not an actual likeness.&nbsp; His father Henry II:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225751[/ATTACH] </p><p>England</p><p>Henry II, r. 1154-1189 (1180-1189)</p><p>London Mint, AR Class 1b Short Cross Penny, 20.12mm x 1.33 grams</p><p>Obv.: hЄNRICVS●R ЄX, bust facing with two curls left and five right, crowned with 5 pearls in crown, with sceptre</p><p>Rev.: +RAVL●ON●LVNDЄ, Short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle</p><p>Ref.: North 963, SCBC 1344, De Wit 3192</p><p><br /></p><p>Richard I:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225754[/ATTACH] </p><p>England</p><p>Richard I, r. 1189-1199 A.D.</p><p>London Mint, AR Class 4a Short Cross Penny, 20.06mm x 1.8 grams</p><p>Obv.: [hEN]RICVS R[EX].&nbsp; Bust facing seven pearled crown with sceptre</p><p>Rev.: +[RIC]ARD . ON . LVN.&nbsp; Short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle</p><p>Ref.: North 968/1, SCBC 1347, CC99 R11D-010, De Witt 3193</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the 10 years Richard was king of England, he only spent about 6 months actually in the country, which might account for the immobilized type - the kingdom was more his piggy bank to fund his crusading efforts.&nbsp; Richard always viewed Aquitaine as more of his homeland, hence why those issues contain his name.&nbsp; While the deniers of Aquitaine are fairly easy to come by, I haven’t yet snagged one.&nbsp; I did recently get an obol though:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225758[/ATTACH] French Feudal - Aquitaine</p><p>Richard I, r. 1168-1185</p><p>Bordeaux Mint, BL Obole, 14.20 mm x 0.40 grams</p><p>Obv.: + / RICA / RDVS / ω, in four lines</p><p>Rev.: +AQVITANIE, cross pattée</p><p>Ref.: AGC 6 (1/a), Duplessy 1034, SCBC 8005, De Wit 400</p><p><br /></p><p>his issues from Poitou are also easily found:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225761[/ATTACH] </p><p>French Feudal - Poitou</p><p>Richard I, r. 1168-1185</p><p>AR Denier, 17mm x 1 grams</p><p>Obv.: +RICARDUS REX, cross patée, annulet in third quarter</p><p>Rev.: PIC / TAVIE / NSIS, written in three parallel lines</p><p>Ref.: AGC 343A (1/a), Duplessy 926, Roberts 3887, SCBC 8008, De Wit 394</p><p>Note: My First Medieval Coin</p><p><br /></p><p>He also issued coins from Issoudon (sp?) which are incredibly rare - most are found in museums (I think I once read that only 8 are in existence, or only 8 are found outside museums - can’t remember which).&nbsp; He supposedly issued a coin in Cyprus during the crusades which are pricey, but seem to be obtainable lately.&nbsp; His name is not in these coins, so I am not sure what the argument is for why he was the issuing authority.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those are all the Richards I have to share![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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