382, Lot: 528. Estimate $100. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Cyprus. Richard. King of England, 1189-1199. Æ Tetarteron (17mm, 0.87 g, 10h). Crowned facing bust, holding cross-tipped scepter and globus cruciger / Cross on three steps; arms ending in R [Є] X. Metcalf, Lusignan p. 2; R. Bendall, “A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart?” NumCirc CX.2 (April 2002), pp. 62-3; I. and W. Schultze, “A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart,” NumCirc CXI.1 (February 2003), pp. 6-7; R. Bendall, “Richard I in Cyprus Again,” NumCirc CXXII.2(April 2004), pp. 85-6. Fine/VF, dark brown patina, traces of earthen deposits.