Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2693. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-GALLIC. Richard I, “the Lionhearted”. As Duke of Aquitaine, 1172-1189. BI Denier (0.78 g, 6h). Bordeaux mint. RICA/RDVS in two lines across field; m-like ornament above, cross below / +AGVITANIE (N retrograde), cross pattée. Elias 5 var. (rev. legend); Poey d’Avant 2762 var. (same). VF, lightly toned, light porosity. Unrecorded variety with the retrograde N on reverse.