Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2685. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-GALLIC. Richard I, “the Lionhearted”. As Duke of Aquitaine, 1172-1189. BI Denier (0.75 g, 9h). Bordeaux mint. RICA/RDVS in two lines across field; cross above, w-like ornament below / +AGVITANIE (N retrograde), cross pattée. Elias 4 var. (rev. legend); Poey d’Avant 2768 var. (same). VF, lightly toned. Unpublished variety.

In addition to the retrograde N, the reverse legend on this coin is unusual in that the initial cross is not aligned with any of the arms of the central cross pattée.