325, Lot: 776. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CRUSADERS, Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus. Henry I or Henry II. 1218-1253 or 1285-1324. Æ Fractional Denier (20mm, 1.85 g, 9h). Uncertain (Nicosia?) mint. [+ h]ЄNR[ICVS], large cross pattée; [double annulet at end of legend] / Fortified gateway with three crenelated towers and arched entrance; RЄX above entrance. M&P pl. 31, 7 (Henry II; same rev.die); Metcalf,
Crusades 658 (Henry I); CCS 28 (Henry I). Near VF, earthen green patina, holed for suspension.