Crusaders, Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus. Guy de Lusignan Æ Fractional Denier. AD 1192-1194. [R]ЄX GVIDO D, crowned facing bust; pellets flanking / Є IЄRVSALЄM, domed Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Metcalf 628 (Cyprus); Schl. III, 21 (Jerusalem); CCS 32c (Jerusalem); Tziambazis 36 (Cyprus). 1.55g, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From a private European collection.
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.