This reproduction Richard I Denier is moulded directly from an original coin and is made from lead-free pewter.
Housed in specially designed packaging, the coin pack has an image of a Medieval battle on the front, the two coins in the collection inside, as well as historical information about the coins and about Richard I and King John.
The only coins bearing Richard's name were minted in France. The obverse of the coin has the inscription RICARDVS REX (King Richard) and the reverse has a legend indicating that the coin was struck in Poitou.
Richard I, known as the Lion-Heart, was a son of Henry II and ruled from 1189 to 1199. After Richard became king, he joined Philip II of France in a crusade to the Holy Land. Richard captured Acre (now called Akko) and later tried to retake Jerusalem, but failed.
In 1192, while Richard was on his journey home from crusades, he was seized and imprisoned. He was released in 1194 after a huge ransom was paid. Richard returned to England in 1194, but within a month he left for Normandy to fight a war against Philip II. In 1199, Richard was killed during the siege of a French castle, and his brother John became king.
