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Electronic Auction 473

Lot nuber 482

CRUSADERS, Cyprus. Richard. King of England, 1189-1199. BI Denier(?) (15mm, 0.85 g, 9h).


Electronic Auction 473
Lot: 482.
 Estimated: $ 500

Early Medieval & Islamic, Billon

Sold For $ 1 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CRUSADERS, Cyprus. Richard. King of England, 1189-1199. BI Denier(?) (15mm, 0.85 g, 9h). Crowned facing bust, holding cross-tipped scepter and globus cruciger / Cross on one steps; arms ending in R Є X. Cf. Metcalf, Lusignan p. 2 (for copper issue); R. Bendall, “A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart?” NumCirc CX.2 (April 2002), pp. 62-3 (same); cf. I. and W. Schultze, “A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart,” NumCirc CXI.1 (February 2003), pp. 6-7 (same); R. Bendall, “Richard I in Cyprus Again,” NumCirc CXXII.2 (April 2004), pp. 85-6 (this coin ). Toned, roughness. Near VF. Very rare in this metal.

From the collection of Simon Bendall.

The exact relation of this billon piece to the bronze tetartera is still unknown. Bendal (Richard I in Cyprus Again,” NumCirc CXXII.2 [April 2004]) speculated that the earliest coinage of Richard in Cyprus was in billon, with the later bronzes a debasement, though proper metallurgical studies have not yet been performed to examine this theory. In any case, there is a small variation in the types: on the copper issue, the cross is set on three steps, while this is on only one.

Closing Date and Time: 29 July 2020 at 12:40:20 ET.

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