British hammered, Richard I the Lionheart, AR denier of Aquitaine, reads RICA/RDV/S and AQVITAIIIE
British hammered, Richard I the Lionheart, AR denier of Aquitaine, reads RICA/RDV/S and AQVITAIIIE
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British hammered, Richard I "the Lionheart", silver denier of Aquitaine, c. 1189-99 AD, reads RICA/RDV/S and AQVITAIIIE.
The dies for this coin are both extraordinarily blunderd, even for this crude issue. On the obverse, the engraver failed to make enough space for the S of the legend, so a small S has been engraved directly into the die underneath the V. On the reverse, I punches have been used to make the N of the legend. An interesting, apparently unpublished coin, worthy of further research.
about VF, bright metal, a little ragged. Extremely rare.
Apparently unpublished but cf. Elias 4 for general type.