The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left.
hVGVE REI DE
Cross of Jerusalem.
IERVSAL’M ED CHIPR’
*Iacovou 1994, 66, no. 23; CLC 2, 12-14 & 72-73, pl. 24-25.
The king seated upon throne, holding in sceptre right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, R.
PIERE PAR LA GRACE D DIE I
DE IERU3ALEM EDE ChIPRE
CLC 2, 16-17 & 106-107, pl. 46.1-6.
Lion of Cyprus left.
PIERE ROI DEI
Cross with pellets in the four corners.
RVSL ED ChP
CLC 1, 121-122.
The king seated upon throne holding in sceptre right hand and globus cruciger in left. In right field, reversed S.
IAnVS PAR LA GRACE DE DIE ROI.
D΄IERV3ALEM D΄ CIPRE D’ ARMEnI
*CLC 3, 44, pl. 6.5.
The king seated upon throne, holding in sceptre right hand and globus cruciger in left.
IAQUE ROI
DE IERU3ALEM DEC
*Iacovou 1994, 67, no. 36; *CLC 3, 32-33, pl. 2.8.
The king seated upon throne, holding in sceptre right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, D.
PIERE PAR LA GRACE D DIE RO
DE IERU3ALM ED ChIPR
CLC 2, 16-17 & 108, pl. 47.1-8.
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, two fleurs-de-lis; in right field, one fleur-de-lis.
hEnRI REI DE
IERVSAL΄M ED ChIPR
CLC 2, 9-12 & 60-63, pl.19.15-18.
Bust of king facing, wearing high crown.
HEnRICVS
Cross pattée.
REX CIPRI
CLC 1, 113-116, pl. 30.1-2.
Head of the king facing, wearing crown.
REX GVIDO
Rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
IERUSALEM
CLC 1, 107, pl. 16.
Bust of king facing, wearing short crown.
REX CYPRI
CLC 1, 113-116, pl. 30.8-10.
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.
