★ Richard I 'the Lionheart' ★

Richard I 'the Lionheart', King of England AD 1189-1199. Cyprus
Tetarteron Æ

16 mm, 0,98 g

Crowned facing bust, holding cross-tipped scepter and globus cruciger / Cross on three steps, arms ending in R Є X.

good very fine

Metcalf, Lusignan p. 2; R. Bendall, "A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart?" NumCirc CX.2 (April 2002), pp. 62-3; I. and W. Schultze, "A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart," NumCirc CXI.1 (February 2003), pp. 6-7; R. Bendall, "Richard I in Cyprus Again," NumCirc CXXII.2(April 2004), pp. 85-6.

Ex CNG Auction 443, Lot 671.