The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, six-radiated star.
hEnRI REI DE
Cross of Jerusalem.
IERVSAL΄M ED΄ ChIPR
CLC 2, 9-12 & 45-46, pl.9.11-14.
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, star.
hENRI REI DE
IERVSAL’M ED’ CHIPR
CLC 2, 9-12 & 45-46, pl. 8-9.
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left.
IERVSALEM’ ED’ ChIPR
CLC 2, 9-12 & 43-45, pl. 6-7.
The king seated upon throne.
Lion of Cyprus.
IERVSALEM ED ChIPR
*Iacovou 1994, 66, no. 12; CLC 2, 6-9 & 39-41, pl. 3.1-5.
Cross pattée.
IRLM ED ChIPR
*Iacovou 1994, 66, no. 13; CLC 1, 101-105, pl. 29.1-3.
hVGVE REI DE
*Iacovou 1994, 64, no. 8; *BMC 1998, 90, no. 30; CLC 1, 97-100, pl. 28.1-5.
The king seated upon throne, holding in sceptre right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, cross.
IEhAN REI
IERVSALM ED ChIPR
*Iacovou 1994, 69, no. 48; CLC 3, 66-68, pl. 9.8-14.
S DE IERV3AL’M
S DE CHIPRE D
*Iacovou 1994, 69, no. 44; CLC 3, 146-147, pl. 32.1-3.
IACOBVS
IERVSALEM
*Iacovou 1994, 71, no. 59; CLC 3, 133-147, pl. 33.7-9.
IAnUS ROI DE
IERLM EDE ChIP
*Iacovou 1994, 69, no. 42; CLC 3, 124-127, pl. 27. 1-2.
The Lusignan Coinage
In his role as leader of the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart, the king of England, captured Cyprus from Isaac Comnenus in 1191. In 1192 Guy of Lusignan, the banished king of Jerusalem, purchased the island from Richard. The rule of the Lusignan dynasty in Cyprus began in the spring of 1192 and lasted for almost 300 years.
From the earliest days of Guy of Lusignan as lord of Cyprus (1192-1194) and throughout the Lunsignan control of Cyprus, the currency of the island was specifically Cypriot. Cyprus being an independent country had its own coinage minted and controlled by the authority of the Lusignan Kings.
