Lion of Cyprus.
IAQVE ROI DE
Cross pattée.
IERVSALEM ED ChIP
*Iacovou 1994, 69, no. 40; CLC 3, 133-149, pl. 31.1-2.
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left.
hENRI REI DE
Cross of Jerusalem.
IERVSAL’M ED’CHIPR
Iacovou 1994, 66, no. 21; CLC 2, 9-12 & 56-60, pl. 19.3-14.
The king seated upon low-backed throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left.
hEnRI REI DE
IERVSAL’M ED’ ChIPR
*Iacovou 1994, 66, no. 19; CLC 2, 9-12 & 43-45, pl. 6.1-4.
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, star.
IERVSAL’M ED’ CHIPR
*Iacovou 1994, 66, no. 18; CLC 2, 9-12 & 45-46, pl. 8-9; *BMC 1998, 91, no. 35.
The king seated upon throne.
hEnRI REI DE.
IERVSALEM ET D’ ChIPR.
*Iacovou 1994, 66, no. 11; CLC 2, 6-9 & 39-41, pl. 1-2.
The king seated upon throne, holding in sceptre right hand and globus cruciger in left.
PIERE ROI
IERU3ALEM [ED ChIP]R
CLC 2, 16-17 & 105-106, pl. 45.14.
The king seated upon throne, in left field, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, B.
hVGVE REI DE
IERVSAL’M ED’ ChIPRE
CLC 2, 12-14 & 73-75, pl. 28.
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, B.
CLC 2, 12-14 & 73-75, pl. 26-27.
hVGUE (REI DE)
IERUSAL΄M ED΄ChIPR
CLC 2, 12-14 & 78, pl. 31.
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, cross.
IERUSALEM ED΄ ChIPR
CLC 2, 9-12 & 52-53, pl. 13-14.
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.
