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AE Denier. Peter II, 1369-1382

Issue Authority:

Date: 
1369 to 1382

Material:

Denomination:

Weight:

Diameter:

Axis:

Description Obverse: 

Lion of Cyprus left.

Inscription Obverse: 

PIERE ROI DEI

Description Reverse: 

Cross with pellets in the four corners.

Inscription Reverse: 

RVSL ED ChP

BOCCF: 
1999-07-04

CLC 1, 121-122.

AE. Henry I, 1218-1253

Issue Authority:

Date: 
1218 to 1253

Material:

Denomination:

Weight:

Diameter:

Axis:

Description Obverse: 

Bust of king facing, wearing high crown.

Inscription Obverse: 

HEnRICVS

Description Reverse: 

Cross pattée.

Inscription Reverse: 

REX CIPRI

BOCCF: 
1999-05-04

CLC 1, 113-116, pl. 30.1-2.

AE Denier. Guy de Lusignan, 1192-1194

Issue Authority:

Date: 
1192 to 1194

Material:

Denomination:

Weight:

Diameter:

Axis:

Description Obverse: 

Head of the king facing, wearing crown.

Inscription Obverse: 

REX GVIDO

Description Reverse: 

Rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.

Inscription Reverse: 

IERUSALEM

BOCCF: 
1996-06-02

CLC 1, 107, pl. 16.

AE. Henry I, 1218-1253

Issue Authority:

Date: 
1218 to 1253

Material:

Denomination:

Weight:

Diameter:

Axis:

Description Obverse: 

Bust of king facing, wearing short crown.

Inscription Obverse: 

HEnRICVS

Description Reverse: 

Cross pattée.

Inscription Reverse: 

REX CYPRI

BOCCF: 
1996-02-05

CLC 1, 113-116, pl. 30.8-10.

AR Gros. Charlotte, 1458-1459

Issue Authority:

Date: 
1458 to 1459

Material:

Denomination:

Weight:

Diameter:

Axis:

Description Obverse: 

Crowned shield with the Lusignan coat of arms.

Inscription Obverse: 

CAR[LOTA DI GRA RE] GNA
Countermarks: the value 8 soldia; the control authority number 3; four circuferential circular seals with a pellet in centre.

Description Reverse: 

Cross of Jerusalem

Inscription Reverse: 

Worn inscription

BOCCF: 
2000-01-02

*Michaelidou 2002, 255 & 260, III, fig. 6.

AR Gros. Janus, 1398-1432

Issue Authority:

Date: 
1398 to 1432

Material:

Denomination:

Weight:

Diameter:

Axis:

Description Obverse: 

The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left; on his left and fixed on the throne, shield. In left field, reversed S.

Inscription Obverse: 

IAηVS[...]
Countermarks: the value 8 soldia; the control authority number 3; four circuferential circular seals with a pellet in centre.

Description Reverse: 

Cross of Jerusalem.

Inscription Reverse: 

D'IERV[SALEM]

BOCCF: 
1999-04-07

*Michaelidou 2002, 255 & 260, II, fig. 5.

AR Gros. Hugh IV, 1324-1359

Issue Authority:

Date: 
1324 to 1359

Material:

Denomination:

Weight:

Diameter:

Axis:

Description Obverse: 

The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left.

Inscription Obverse: 

[hUGUE] REI D
Countermark: four double circumferential seals with the value 12 soldia.

Description Reverse: 

Cross of Jerusalem.

Inscription Reverse: 

IERVSALM ED ChIPRE

BOCCF: 
1999-05-16

*Michaelidou 2002, 255 & 260, I, fig. 4.

AR Gros. Catherine Cornaro and James III, 1473

Date: 
1473

Material:

Denomination:

Weight:

Diameter:

Axis:

Description Obverse: 

Crowned shield with the emblems of the kingdom of Jerusalem, the Lusignans, the king of Armenia and the kingdom of Cyprus.

Inscription Obverse: 

KA[TERIA D GR] IMP CP AR

Description Reverse: 

Cross of Jerusalem.

Inscription Reverse: 

IACOB[9 DGR] IRM CIP A T9

Countermarks: the value 8 soldia; the control authority number 1; four circuferential circular seals with a pellet in centre.

BOCCF: 
1998-01-05

*Michaelidou 2002, 256 & 260, V, fig. 8.

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