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Richard (I) Coeur de Lion
 (Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine 1172-1185, King of England 1189-1199)

The coins struck by Richard (the Lionhearted) in his French possession are the only coins to bear his name. His English coinage was struck in the name of his father.

 Richard (I) Coeur de Lion - Anglo-Gallic, Silver Deniers
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AG331 - Aquitaine, Poitou, Richard Coeur de Lion (Count of Poitou 1172-1185), Denier, 1.05g., Melle mint (Deux-Sèvres), cross pattée, +RICARDVS REX, annulet in 3rd quarter, rev., PICTAVIENSIS in three lines across field, (Elias 8b), very fine, toned, scarce. $225 SOLD

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AG228 - Aquitaine, Poitou, Richard Coeur de Lion (Count of Poitou 1172-1185), Denier, 1.18g., Melle mint (Deux-Sèvres), cross pattée, +RICARDVS REX, annulet in 3rd quarter, rev., PICTAVIENSIS in three lines across field, (Elias 8b), very fine, toned, scarce. $225

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AG225 - Aquitaine, Poitou, Richard Coeur de Lion (Count of Poitou 1172-1185), Obole, 0.45g., Melle mint (Deux-Sèvres), cross pattée, +RICARDVS REX, rev., PICTAVIENSIS in three lines across field, dot above T (Elias 9 var), variety not recorded in Elias, very fine, toned. $295 SOLD

Provenance:
A.H. Baldwin ticket in the hand of the founder A. H. Baldwin (1858-1936).

 

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AG110 - Aquitaine, Richard (I) Coeur de Lion (Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine 1172-1185, King of England 1189-1199),  Obole, 0.51g., Bordeaux mint, cross pattée, +RICARDVS in two lines across field, cross above, ω below, rev., AQVITANIE  (Elias 6), fine, scarce. $195

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AG112 - Aquitaine, Poitou, Richard Coeur de Lion (Count of Poitou 1172-1185), Denier, 1.13g., Melle mint (Deux-Sèvres), cross pattée, +RICARDVS REX, rev., PICTAVIENSIS in three lines across field, (Elias 8), worn, fine. $95

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