The king seated upon throne, holding in sceptre right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, cauldron (?).
IOAn REX.D
Cross of Jerusalem.
IERUSAL΄M E D ChIPR
CLC 3, 70-73, pl. 10.8-13.
Lion of Cyprus.
IAnVS ROI DEI IERU
IERLM E DE CIP
*BMK 1997, 92, no. 40; *CLC 3, 124-127, pl. 27. 2 (not correct weight).
The king seated upon throne, holding in sceptre right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, cross.
IEhAn REI
IERUSALEM ED ChIPR
CLC 3, 66-68, pl. 9.8-14.
The king seated upon throne, holding in sceptre right hand and globus cruciger in left.
IAnVS PAR LA GRACE DE DIE ROI
D΄ IERV3ALEM D΄ ChIPRE D ARMEnI
*CLC 3, 43-53, pl. 4.9.
The king seated upon throne, holding unsheathed sword in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field, I.
[PIE]RE POI
DE IERU3ALEM ED ChIPRE
CLC 2, 14-16 & 89, pl. 37.2-1
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left. In left field B.
hVGVE REI DE
IERVSAL’M ED ChIPR
CLC 2, 12-14 & 67, pl. 22.1.
PIERE PAR LA GRACI(E)΄ DIE ROI
DE IERVSALEM E DE ChIPRE
CLC 2, 14-16 & 81, 89-90, pl. 37.1-5.
The king seated upon throne, holding unsheathed sword in right hand and globus cruciger in left.
PIERE PAR LA GRACE DE DIE ROI
DE.IERU3ALEM E DE ChIPRE
CLC 2, 14-16 & 81, 84-86, pl. 33.1-8.
The king seated upon throne, holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left.
hEnRI REI DE
IERUSAL΄M ED’ ChIPR
CLC 2, 9-12 & 56-60, pl. 19.3-14.
IERUSAL΄M ED ChIPR
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.
