Crusaders, Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus. Guy de Lusignan (AD 1192-1194) Æ Fractional Denier. RЄX GVIDO D, crowned facing bust; pellets flanking / Є IЄR[VSALЄM], Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Metcalf 628 (Cyprus); Schl III, 21 (Jerusalem); CCS 32c (Jerusalem); Tziambazis 36 (Cyprus). 1.14g, 17mm, 4h.
Good Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a European dealer.
Usually attributed to Jerusalem, these coins have been found in Cyprus in sufficiently large numbers to support Metcalf's reassignment to a Cypriot origin in the Corpus of Lusignan Coinage.