France, French Feudal, Normandy, ND, Denier, EF; France, French Feudal, Normandy, ND Denier, EF, Richard I, "Richard the Fearless", 943-996. 1.15g, 20.4mm. RICARDVS/ Monogram of Bishop Hugues, with ROTO MAGVS around. Hugues was Bishop of Rouen from AD 942 to 989. D-18. Richard the Fearless, came into power in Normady upon his fathers death in AD 942 Richard was only a boy and Louis IV of France immediately seized Normady and put him in confinement. With the help of other Norman and Viking leaders, Richard escaped and reclaiming Normady in AD 947.
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