Reverse.—Type. Cross patée, with four small ones, one in each quarter; all within the inner circle.
Legend. Mint master’s and town names; as, WALTER ON LV. (Walter of London), IOHAN ON LUNDEN (John of London), and so on.
Rarity. All rare.
RICHARD I. (1189 to 1199.)
Denominations.—Silver. Pennies and Halfpennies.
Obverse.—Type. The only coins known of this monarch are those struck at Poictou and Aquitaine; they have no bust, merely a plain cross patée. No English examples have as yet been discovered; the Evesham ones, etc., were forged by White.
Legend. RICARDVS.—RE. or REX.
Reverse.—In three lines across the coin—
- PIC
- TAVIE
- NSIS.
or ACVITAINE. No device.