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E-Sale 92  16 Dec 2021
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Lot 1245

Estimate: 1000 GBP
Price realized: 1900 GBP
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Crusader States, Cyprus (Lusignan Kingdom). Amalric (Lord of Tyre, usurper) AR Gros. Nicosia mint(?), 1306-1310. ✠ AᙏALRIC' TIRЄ'SI' DoᙏIꞂU in outer margin, CIPRI GVB'ꞂATO' Є' RЄT' in inner margin, lion of Cyprus rampant to left / ✠ IRL'ᙏ ЄT CIPRI RЄGI' FILIU, shield with arms of Jerusalem and Cyprus. CCS 44; Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 672. 4.27g, 25mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine. Rare.

Ex Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., Auction 129, 11 June 2016, lot 523 (sold for 1,950 EUR).

This coin, whose legend names only Amalric and not the rightful King of Cyprus - his brother Henry II - most likely dates to 1310, during the period when Henry had been exiled by Amalric to Armenia.
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