The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, C.
hUGUE R I.
Cross of Jerusalem.
IERUSAL’M ED ChIPR
CLC 2, 12-14 & 77-78, pl. 30. 14-15 & pl. 31. 1-3.
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, cross.
hEnRI [REI DE]
IERUSALM ED΄ ChIPR΄
CLC 2, 9-12 & 52-53, pl. 14.3-6.
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, F.
hEnRI REI:DE
IERUSAL΄M ED ChIPR΄
CLC 2, 9-12 & 49-51, pl.12. 1-6.
Lion of Cyprus surrounded by two circles of legend.
AMALRIC TIREnSI DOMINUS CIPRI CUB΄nATO΄E΄RETOR
Coat of arms combining to left, the cross of Jerusalem and to right, the Lusignan emblems. At the three sides of the coat of arms, tendrils.
IRL΄M ET CIPRI REGIS FILIUS
CLC 2, 8-9 & 42-43, pl. 5.8.
Lion of Cyprus.
IACUS DEI REX
IERUSALEM C
*CLC 3, 128-132, pl. 30.14.
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In right field, cinquefoil.
hEnRI REI DE
IERUSAL’ M ED ChIPR΄
CLC 2, 9-12 & 51-52, pl. 12.10-14.
The king seated upon throne,holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, F.
hENRI REI DE
IERUSAL’M ED’CHIPR
CLC 2, 9-12 & 49-51, pl. 12.7-9.
Cross pattée.
DVX IANVE
Genoese Gate.
CIVIT FAMAG
*Iacovou 1994, 71, no. 60; CLC 3, 171-175, pl. 34-35.
The king seated upon throne, holding in sceptre right hand and globus cruciger in left.
PIERE PAR LA GRACE D’DIE ROI
DE IERU3ALEM ED ChIPRE
*Iacovou 1994, 67, no. 33; CLC 2, 16-17 & 103-106, pl. 45.3; *BMC 1998, 92, no. 38.
The king seated upon throne, holding unsheathed sword in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, bird.
D’IERV3ALEM ED ChIPRE
*Iacovou 1994, 67, no. 27; CLC 2, 14-16 & 81, 86-89, pl. 35.14-18 & pl. 36.1-10.
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.
