FRANCE. MEDIEVAL. Normandy (Duchy). Richard I ("the Fearless"). 943-996. AR denier. 1.27 gm. 20 mm. Cross, pellets in angles; +RICARDVSI / A temple with pediment, cross of St. Andrew base; +ROTIOXIAGVS. Cf. De Wit 335. As made. Künker, De Wit note: "in the hoard of Fecamp" (found 1963, buried circa 985; an unknown type prior to the hoard?).

The Douglas Bayern Collection.

Richard I was the grandson of Rollo, the Norwegian Viking who seized Rouen in 876 who established Viking ("Norman") presence in Normandy. There is a monument to Rollo in Rouen. William I was a descendant. It was from a beach and river in Normandy that was one of the D-Day landing points that William sailed to Pevensey and then marched northeast to Hastings where he defeated Harold II in 1066.