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| 24 mm, 2.1 gm, aq 229. This coin looks like Bedoukian #10 (Crusader type Levon I coin struck in Antioch), but Henry's name reads on the obverse instead of Leo. Any comment will be appreciated. Please write to mehmetetiatttnetdotnetdottr | |
| Obverse | Leonine head of the king |
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From Robert C. Gouyet: This
coin can be from Henry I of Cyprus (1218-1253). THE
ALISTAIR LILBURN COLLECTION OF COINS OF THE CRUSADES Cyprus Henry I
(1218-1253), Electrum Bezant, type 3A, dies D/d, IC-XC, Christ seated
facing on high-backed throne, rev hENRICI: REX CYPRI, king standing
facing, 3.79g (CLC 7:4 [this coin]). Minor weakness, very fine, rare. ex SCMB
February 1981, P14 Origine :
Baldwin, auction n°49, 09/2006, lot #1834 You can
find a similar crowned head on a coin of Henry VI and Frederick II of
Sicily (1196-97) From Erich Waeckerlin: Regarding the first coin (aq229) presented under the heading "coins under discussion / Armenians of Cilicia" you may perhaps find the following remarks useful: In spite of the similarity of the design with the denar of Levon I (Bedoukian #10), the coin is not of Armenian origin. It has been issued in the island of Cyprus by King Henry of Lusignan (probably Henry I, 1218-1253). Av.: +HENRICVS: [Henry] King's head Rv.: +REX CYPRI [King of Cyprus] plain cross References: Bibliography: Gustave Schlumberger: Numismatique de
l'Orient latin. D.M. Metcalf: Coinage of the
Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford. D.M. Metcalf: The White Bezants and
Deniers of Cyprus 1192 - 1285. Alex G. Malloy, Irene Fraley Preston,
A.J. Seltman: Coins of the Crusader States 1098 - 1291. |