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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 3046073, member: 72790&quot;]A bit more to the story, one of which involves a coin hoard. According to the story Richard was there besieging the castle of one of his vassals. Supposedly the vassal (or one of his peasants) had dug up what was described as a &quot;treasure&quot; which some historians believe was an ancient Roman or Celtic coin hoard. Richard demanded at least a cut of the treasure, the vassal refused, hence the attack on his vassal. Never heard anything more about what the treasure consisted of or who wound up with it. One unpleasant note about the crossbowman. Whoever he was, Richard&#039;s retainers disregarded the dying words of the king and the crossbowman was killed by being flayed alive. Those of us who collect ancient and medieval coins know from their study that the world of those people was one where life was pretty much nasty, brutish and short as a matter of course.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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