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Online Auction 124 | Silver 23 Jan 2022
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Richard I 'the Lionheart', King of England AD 1189-1199. Cyprus. Uncertain mint
Tetarteron Æ
17 mm, 0,86 g
Crowned facing bust, holding cross-tipped scepter in his right hand, and globus cruciger in his left / Cross potent set on two steps, arms ending in R-Є-X (clockwise).
very fine
S. Bendall, 'A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart?', NumCirc (April 2002), pp. 62-63 & 'Richard I in Cyprus again', NumCirc (April 2004), pp. 85-86; I. and W. Schultze, 'A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart', NumCirc (February 2003), pp. 6-7.
In May 1191, Richard I the Lion-heart landed in Cyprus to free his fiancé Berengeria of Navarre from the Byzantine prince Isaac Comnenus, ruler of the island. The King left Cyprus soon thereafter, sold it to the Knights Templars, and continued on to the Holy Land. This tetarteron probably struck in Cyprus for the King during his brief stopover on that island.
Tetarteron Æ
17 mm, 0,86 g
Crowned facing bust, holding cross-tipped scepter in his right hand, and globus cruciger in his left / Cross potent set on two steps, arms ending in R-Є-X (clockwise).
very fine
S. Bendall, 'A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart?', NumCirc (April 2002), pp. 62-63 & 'Richard I in Cyprus again', NumCirc (April 2004), pp. 85-86; I. and W. Schultze, 'A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart', NumCirc (February 2003), pp. 6-7.
In May 1191, Richard I the Lion-heart landed in Cyprus to free his fiancé Berengeria of Navarre from the Byzantine prince Isaac Comnenus, ruler of the island. The King left Cyprus soon thereafter, sold it to the Knights Templars, and continued on to the Holy Land. This tetarteron probably struck in Cyprus for the King during his brief stopover on that island.